पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.1 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन।

तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव।।3.1।।
"3.1 "Arjuna questioned: My Lord! If Wisdom is above action, why dost Thou advise me to engage in this terrible fight?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.68°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra46.65°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala152.18°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha265.52°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati269.37°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra223.49°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani337.13°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:56 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:43 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:05 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:46 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 47 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:58 – 03:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:42 – 04:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:47
Godhūli Muhūrta19:31 – 19:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:43 – 20:20
Amṛta Kāla19:28 – 21:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:47 – 08:38
Yamaganda10:29 – 12:20
Gulika Kāla14:11 – 16:01
Varjyam05:33 – 05:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:56 – 06:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:47 – 08:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:38 – 10:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:29 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:20 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:11 – 16:01 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha16:01 – 17:52 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:52 – 19:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:43 – 20:52 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:52 – 22:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta22:01 – 23:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:11 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:20 – 01:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:29 – 02:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:38 – 03:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:47 – 04:56 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturdaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

🌌 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)1861975.27 · 5097.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450440.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8108° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)159.62° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (23.8108°) · declination -23.43° · EoT 0.44 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:1996-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)