पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 9, 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 4.6 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन्।

प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय संभवाम्यात्ममायया।।4.6।।
"4.6 have no beginning. Though I am imperishable, as well as Lord of all that exists, yet by My own will and power do I manifest Myself." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.6'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 Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya296.51°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra316.56°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala162.00°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha275.97°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati280.55°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra283.60°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani340.57°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:43 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:26 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:28 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:22 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 42 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 17 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:53 – 04:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:35 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:52 – 15:47
Godhūli Muhūrta19:14 – 19:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:26 – 20:00
Amṛta Kāla19:11 – 20:56
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 01:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:43 – 19:26
Yamaganda12:35 – 14:18
Gulika Kāla16:00 – 17:43
Varjyam06:17 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:43 – 07:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:26 – 09:09 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:09 – 10:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:52 – 12:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:35 – 14:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:18 – 16:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:00 – 17:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:43 – 19:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:26 – 20:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:43 – 22:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:00 – 23:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:18 – 00:35 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:35 – 01:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:52 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:09 – 04:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:26 – 05:43 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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)1862023.27 · 5098.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450488.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8126° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)18.27° · 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 (23.8126°) · declination -14.71° · EoT -14.50 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:1997-02-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)