पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 8, 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 13.13 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वाऽमृतमश्नुते।

अनादिमत्परं ब्रह्म न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते।।13.13।।
"13.13 I will speak to thee now of that great Truth which man ought to know, since by its means he will win immortal bliss - that which is without beginning, the Eternal Spirit which dwells in Me, neither with form, nor yet without it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya294.75°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra152.80°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala300.33°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha269.21°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.04°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra335.00°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani329.05°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:28 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:08 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:06 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 46 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 13 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:51 – 04:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:32 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:52 – 15:48
Godhūli Muhūrta19:16 – 19:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:28 – 20:02
Amṛta Kāla19:13 – 20:58
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 01:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:18 – 16:01
Yamaganda05:41 – 07:25
Gulika Kāla09:08 – 10:51
Varjyam06:16 – 06:38
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:22

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:41 – 07:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:25 – 09:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:08 – 10:51 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:51 – 12:35 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:35 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:18 – 16:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:01 – 17:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:45 – 19:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:28 – 20:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:45 – 22:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:01 – 23:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:18 – 00:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:35 – 01:51 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:51 – 03:08 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:08 – 04:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:25 – 05:41 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1861656.27 · 5097.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450121.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7986° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)220.12° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.7986°) · declination -15.27° · EoT -14.45 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:1996-02-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)