पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 23, 1996 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya278.50°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra313.44°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala287.70°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha269.19°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati250.71°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra315.79°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani327.40°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:23 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:41 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:21 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:22 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 18 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 41 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:29 – 04:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:11 – 05:23
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:55 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:29 – 19:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:41 – 20:17
Amṛta Kāla19:26 – 21:11
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 01:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:06 – 17:54
Yamaganda08:57 – 10:45
Gulika Kāla12:32 – 14:19
Varjyam05:59 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:23 – 07:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:10 – 08:57 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:57 – 10:45 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:45 – 12:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:32 – 14:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:19 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:06 – 17:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:54 – 19:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:41 – 20:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:54 – 22:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:06 – 23:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:19 – 00:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:32 – 01:45 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:45 – 02:57 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:57 – 04:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:10 – 05:23 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861640.27 · 5097.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450105.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7980° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)33.39° · 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 (23.7980°) · declination -19.64° · EoT -11.81 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:1996-01-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)