पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · August 30, 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: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.5 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितानः काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान्।

पुरुजित्कुन्तिभोजश्च शैब्यश्च नरपुङ्गवः।।1.5।।
"1.5 Dhrishtaketu, Chekitan, the valiant King of Benares, Purujit, Kuntibhoja, Shaibya - a master over many;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya133.15°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra331.06°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala89.42°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha158.64°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.11°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra87.65°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani342.14°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:44 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:57 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:23 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:41 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 12 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 47 Mins 37 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:14 – 05:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:48 – 06:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:45 – 18:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:57 – 18:25
Amṛta Kāla17:42 – 19:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:56 – 12:20
Yamaganda15:08 – 16:32
Gulika Kāla08:08 – 09:32
Varjyam07:12 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:43

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:44 – 08:08 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:08 – 09:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:32 – 10:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:56 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:20 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:44 – 15:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:08 – 16:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:32 – 17:57 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:57 – 19:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:32 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:08 – 22:44 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:44 – 00:20 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:20 – 01:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:56 – 03:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:32 – 05:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:08 – 06:44 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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)1861860.27 · 5097.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450325.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8064° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)197.92° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (23.8064°) · declination 8.96° · EoT -0.18 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:1996-08-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)