पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 24, 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.44 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्।

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते।।2.44।।
"2.44 While their minds are absorbed with ideas of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot concentrate their discrimination on one point." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.20°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra136.61°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala128.31°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha253.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati219.47°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शुक्र Śukra203.18°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani313.57°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:57 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:44 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:15 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:33 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:58 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:43 – 04:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:47
Godhūli Muhūrta19:32 – 19:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:44 – 20:21
Amṛta Kāla19:29 – 21:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:38 – 10:29
Yamaganda14:11 – 16:02
Gulika Kāla04:57 – 06:48
Varjyam05:34 – 05:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:57 – 06:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:48 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:38 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:29 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:20 – 14:11 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:11 – 16:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:02 – 17:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:53 – 19:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:44 – 20:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:53 – 22:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:02 – 23:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:11 – 00:20 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:20 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:29 – 02:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:38 – 03:48 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:48 – 04:57 (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)1861245.27 · 5095.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449710.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7828° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)251.25° · 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 (23.7828°) · declination -23.42° · EoT -0.03 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:1994-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)