पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 27, 1989 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 1.37 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्।

स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव।।1.37।।
"1.37 We are worthy of a nobler feat than to slaughter our relatives - the sons of Dhritarashtra; for, my Lord, how can we be happy of we kill our kinsmen?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2046 Citrabhānu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1911 Śukla
Bengali Saṁvat: 1396
Malayalam Era: 1165
Nanakshahi: 520
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.38°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra160.17°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala10.81°MeṣaAśvinī P4
बुध Budha278.84°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati32.92°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
शुक्र Śukra266.86°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani254.59°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:28 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:38 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:12 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:28 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 09 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 50 Mins 21 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:35 – 04:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:17 – 05:28
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:55 – 15:51
Godhūli Muhūrta19:26 – 19:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:38 – 20:13
Amṛta Kāla19:23 – 21:08
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 01:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:47 – 12:33
Yamaganda16:05 – 17:52
Gulika Kāla07:14 – 09:01
Varjyam06:03 – 06:26
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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):
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:28 – 07:14 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:14 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:01 – 10:47 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:47 – 12:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:33 – 14:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:19 – 16:05 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:05 – 17:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:52 – 19:38 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:38 – 20:52 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:52 – 22:05 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:05 – 23:19 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:19 – 00:33 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:33 – 01:47 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:47 – 03:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:01 – 04:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:14 – 05:28 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5090 · Kali-5090
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1859088.27 · 5090.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2447553.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7004° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)240.03° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.7004°) · declination -18.50° · EoT -12.76 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:1989-01-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)