पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 26, 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।

अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।
"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2052 Sarvadhāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1917 Yuva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1402
Malayalam Era: 1171
Nanakshahi: 526
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya313.18°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra269.04°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala113.91°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha286.50°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati229.95°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra270.55°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani320.23°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:01 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:06 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:23 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:52 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 04 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 55 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:17 – 05:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:56 – 06:01
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:45 – 15:37
Godhūli Muhūrta18:54 – 19:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:06 – 19:39
Amṛta Kāla18:51 – 20:36
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 01:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:28 – 19:06
Yamaganda12:34 – 14:12
Gulika Kāla15:50 – 17:28
Varjyam06:34 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:31

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:01 – 07:39 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:39 – 09:17 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:17 – 10:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:56 – 12:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:34 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:12 – 15:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:50 – 17:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:28 – 19:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:06 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:28 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:50 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:12 – 00:34 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:34 – 01:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:56 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:17 – 04:39 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:39 – 06:01 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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)1861309.27 · 5096.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449774.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7853° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)317.07° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (23.7853°) · declination -8.95° · EoT -13.55 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:1995-02-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)