पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 4, 1995 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.55 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

प्रजहाति यदा कामान् सर्वान् पार्थ मनोगतान्।

आत्मन्येवात्मना तुष्टः स्थितप्रज्ञस्तदोच्यते।।2.55।।
"2.55 Lord Shri Krishna replied: When a man has given up the desires of his heart and is satisfied with the Self alone, be sure that he has reached the highest state." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.55's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2052 Sarvadhāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1917 Yuva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1402
Malayalam Era: 1171
Nanakshahi: 526
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya259.41°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra294.20°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala128.89°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha271.71°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati221.71°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra212.88°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani314.46°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:04 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:46 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:52 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:37 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 41 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 18 Mins 06 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:07 – 04:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:51 – 05:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:52 – 15:51
Godhūli Muhūrta19:34 – 19:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:46 – 20:23
Amṛta Kāla19:31 – 21:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:25 – 14:15
Yamaganda06:54 – 08:45
Gulika Kāla10:35 – 12:25
Varjyam05:41 – 06:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:59

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:04 – 06:54 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:54 – 08:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:45 – 10:35 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:35 – 12:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:25 – 14:15 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:15 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala16:06 – 17:56 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:56 – 19:46 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:46 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:56 – 22:06 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha22:06 – 23:15 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:15 – 00:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:25 – 01:35 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:35 – 02:45 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:45 – 03:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:54 – 05:04 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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)1861256.27 · 5095.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449721.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7833° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)34.55° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (23.7833°) · declination -22.78° · EoT -5.02 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:1995-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)