पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · August 17, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: वराह जयन्ती — Varāha Jayantī
Varāha lifted Bhū-Devī from the cosmic ocean.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.70 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः।ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः।।18.70।।
"18.70 He who will study this spiritual discourse of ours, I assure thee, he shall thereby worship Me at the altar of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.70's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya120.61°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra150.70°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala81.03°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha147.60°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.56°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra74.86°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani342.85°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:02 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:46 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:28 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:20 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 43 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 16 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:36 – 06:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:08 – 07:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta17:34 – 17:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:46 – 18:13
Amṛta Kāla17:31 – 19:16
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:43 – 11:03
Yamaganda13:44 – 15:05
Gulika Kāla07:02 – 08:23
Varjyam07:29 – 07:46
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Kāla07:02 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:23 – 09:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:43 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:03 – 12:24 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:24 – 13:44 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:44 – 15:05 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:05 – 16:25 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:25 – 17:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:46 – 19:25 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:25 – 21:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:05 – 22:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:44 – 00:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:24 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:03 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:43 – 05:23 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:23 – 07:02 (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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861847.27 · 5097.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450312.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8059° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)32.57° · 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 (23.8059°) · declination 13.38° · EoT -3.75 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:1996-08-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)