पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 14, 1997 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 3.23 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः।

मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः।।3.23।।
"3.23 For were I not to act without ceasing, O prince, people would be glad to do likewise." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya270.10°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra337.16°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala159.14°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha249.17°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati274.46°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra251.02°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani338.30°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:14 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:44 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:56 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:59 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 30 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 29 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:18 – 04:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:01 – 05:14
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:54 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:32 – 19:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:44 – 20:21
Amṛta Kāla19:29 – 21:14
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:58

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:07 – 17:56
Yamaganda08:51 – 10:40
Gulika Kāla12:29 – 14:18
Varjyam05:50 – 06:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:06

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:14 – 07:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:03 – 08:51 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:51 – 10:40 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:40 – 12:29 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:29 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:18 – 16:07 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:07 – 17:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:56 – 19:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:44 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:56 – 22:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:07 – 23:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:18 – 00:29 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:29 – 01:40 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:40 – 02:51 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:51 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:03 – 05:14 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1861997.27 · 5098.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450462.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8116° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)63.67° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (23.8116°) · declination -21.32° · EoT -9.00 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:1997-01-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)