पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · August 22, 1983 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: ओणम् (वामन-बलि स्मरण) — Onam (Vāmana / King Bali)
Kerala festival; King Bali's annual return to Kerala. Aligned with Thiru-Onam (Śravaṇa nakshatra in Bhādrapada).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।

अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।
"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2040 Dhātṛ
Śaka Saṁvat: 1905 Rudhirodgāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1390
Malayalam Era: 1159
Nanakshahi: 514
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya124.78°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra287.39°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala102.02°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha152.28°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati219.13°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शुक्र Śukra129.90°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani185.84°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:56 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:49 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:13 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:13 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 52 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 07 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:29 – 06:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:02 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:37 – 18:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:49 – 18:16
Amṛta Kāla17:34 – 19:19
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:18 – 09:40
Yamaganda11:01 – 12:23
Gulika Kāla13:44 – 15:06
Varjyam07:24 – 07:41
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:50

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:56 – 08:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:18 – 09:40 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:40 – 11:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:01 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:23 – 13:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:44 – 15:06 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:06 – 16:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:27 – 17:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:49 – 19:27 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:27 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:06 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:44 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:23 – 02:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:01 – 03:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:40 – 05:18 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:18 – 06:56 (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 Year5085 · Kali-5085
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1857103.27 · 5084.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2445568.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6244° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)162.47° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (23.6244°) · declination 12.03° · EoT -2.54 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:1983-08-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)