पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 2, 1979 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: अङ्गारक चतुर्थी — Aṅgāraka Caturthī (Tuesday Caturthī)
Tuesday-Caturthī (rare); supremely auspicious for Maṅgala-doṣa-nivāraṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.14 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः।प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम्।।15.14।।
"15.14 Becoming the fire of life, I pass into their bodies and, uniting with the vital streams of Prana and Apana, I digest the various kinds of food." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2036 Aṅgirasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1901 Siddhārthī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1386
Malayalam Era: 1155
Nanakshahi: 510
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya257.48°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra302.69°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala262.24°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha237.11°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati103.00°KarkaPuṣya P3
शुक्र Śukra211.96°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani140.20°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3

☀️ Melbourne, Australia — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · AEST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:03 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:46 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:42 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:09 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 43 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 16 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:05 – 04:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:49 – 05:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:52 – 15:50
Godhūli Muhūrta19:34 – 19:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:46 – 20:23
Amṛta Kāla19:31 – 21:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:54

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:05 – 17:56
Yamaganda08:43 – 10:34
Gulika Kāla12:24 – 14:15
Varjyam05:39 – 06:03
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:03 – 06:53 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:53 – 08:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:43 – 10:34 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:34 – 12:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:24 – 14:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:15 – 16:05 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:05 – 17:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:56 – 19:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:46 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:56 – 22:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:05 – 23:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:15 – 00:24 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:24 – 01:34 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:34 – 02:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:43 – 03:53 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:53 – 05:03 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°
Longitude: 144.9631°
Timezone: UTC+10

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5080 · Kali-5080
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855410.27 · 5079.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443875.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5597° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.04° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.5597°) · declination -22.98° · EoT -4.15 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1979-01-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)