पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · August 20, 1994 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 18.43 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शौर्यं तेजो धृतिर्दाक्ष्यं युद्धे चाप्यपलायनम्।दानमीश्वरभावश्च क्षात्रं कर्म स्वभावजम्।।18.43।।
"18.43 Valour, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule - these constitute the duty of a soldier. They flow from his own nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2051 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1916 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1401
Malayalam Era: 1170
Nanakshahi: 525
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya123.03°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra287.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala68.45°MithunaĀrdrā P1
बुध Budha130.13°SiṃhaMaghā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati194.45°TulāSvātī P3
शुक्र Śukra169.05°KanyāHasta P3
शनि Śani316.13°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:59 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:48 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:23 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:21 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 49 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:32 – 06:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:05 – 06:59
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:36 – 18:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:48 – 18:15
Amṛta Kāla17:33 – 19:18
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:41 – 11:02
Yamaganda13:44 – 15:05
Gulika Kāla06:59 – 08:20
Varjyam07:26 – 07:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:30 – 09:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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 Kāla06:59 – 08:20 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:20 – 09:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:41 – 11:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:02 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:23 – 13:44 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:44 – 15:05 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:05 – 16:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:27 – 17:48 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:48 – 19:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:27 – 21:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:05 – 22:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:44 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:23 – 02:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:02 – 03:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:41 – 05:20 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:20 – 06:59 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5096 · Kali-5096
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861119.27 · 5095.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449584.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7780° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)166.22° · 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 (23.7780°) · declination 12.58° · EoT -3.05 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:1994-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)