पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 16, 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: धनु सङ्क्रान्ति — Dhanu Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Sagittarius; Dhanu-māsa (Khara-māsa).
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.36 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून् वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः।

निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्।।2.36।।
"2.36 Thine enemies will spread scandal and mock at thy courage. Can anything be more humiliating?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2051 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1916 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1401
Malayalam Era: 1170
Nanakshahi: 525
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya240.06°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra37.70°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala127.03°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha241.19°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati217.79°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शुक्र Śukra197.19°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani313.04°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:53 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:39 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:51 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:43 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 45 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 14 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:55 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:40 – 04:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:44 – 15:43
Godhūli Muhūrta19:27 – 19:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:39 – 20:16
Amṛta Kāla19:24 – 21:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:26 – 12:16
Yamaganda15:58 – 17:49
Gulika Kāla06:44 – 08:35
Varjyam05:30 – 05:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:50

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:53 – 06:44 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:44 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:35 – 10:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:26 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:16 – 14:07 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:07 – 15:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:58 – 17:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:49 – 19:39 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:39 – 20:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:49 – 21:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:58 – 23:07 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:07 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:16 – 01:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:26 – 02:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:35 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:44 – 04:53 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturdaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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)1861237.27 · 5095.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449702.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7825° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)156.82° · 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 (23.7825°) · declination -23.29° · EoT 3.72 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:1994-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)