पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 29, 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
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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.21 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः।कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत्।।16.21।।
"16.21 The gates of hell are three: lust, wrath and avarice. They destroy the Self. Avoid them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2036 Aṅgirasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1901 Siddhārthī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1386
Malayalam Era: 1155
Nanakshahi: 510
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.97°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra296.01°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala283.25°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha277.63°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati99.57°KarkaPuṣya P2
शुक्र Śukra238.65°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani139.19°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:37 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:27 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:08 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 06 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 53 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:37 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:19 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:54 – 15:51
Godhūli Muhūrta19:25 – 19:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:37 – 20:12
Amṛta Kāla19:22 – 21:07
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 01:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:16 – 09:02
Yamaganda10:47 – 12:33
Gulika Kāla14:19 – 16:05
Varjyam06:05 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:30 – 07:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:16 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:02 – 10:47 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:47 – 12:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:33 – 14:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:19 – 16:05 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha16:05 – 17:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:51 – 19:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:37 – 20:51 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:51 – 22:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta22:05 – 23:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:19 – 00:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:33 – 01:47 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:47 – 03:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:02 – 04:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:16 – 05:30 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1855437.27 · 5080.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443902.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5607° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)9.81° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.5607°) · declination -18.13° · EoT -13.17 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:1979-01-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)