पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · September 14, 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 supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.20 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अथ व्यवस्थितान् दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः।

प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसंपाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः।।1.20।।
"1.20 Then beholding the sons of Dhritarashtra, drawn up on the battle- field, ready to fight, Arjuna, whose flag bore the Hanuman," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.20'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 Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya147.70°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra159.85°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala98.87°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha154.96°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.25°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra103.58°KarkaPuṣya P4
शनि Śani341.10°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:21 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:56 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:11 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 12 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:47 – 05:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:22 – 06:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:39

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:18 – 10:47
Yamaganda13:43 – 15:12
Gulika Kāla06:21 – 07:50
Varjyam06:51 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical 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 Kāla06:21 – 07:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:50 – 09:18 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:18 – 10:47 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:47 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:15 – 13:43 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:43 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:12 – 16:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:40 – 18:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:09 – 19:40 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:40 – 21:12 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:12 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:43 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:15 – 01:47 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:47 – 03:18 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:18 – 04:50 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:50 – 06:21 (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)1861875.27 · 5097.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450340.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8069° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)12.92° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.8069°) · declination 3.37° · EoT 5.13 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:1996-09-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)