पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 26, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.23 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः।

यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते।।4.23।।
"4.23 He who is without attachment, free, his mind centered in wisdom, his actions, being done as a sacrifice, leave no trace behind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya313.67°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra172.95°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala159.49°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha302.62°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati284.39°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra304.86°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani342.42°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:05 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:47 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:34 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 03 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 56 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:17 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:57 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:44 – 15:37
Godhūli Muhūrta18:53 – 19:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:05 – 19:38
Amṛta Kāla18:50 – 20:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 01:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:34 – 14:12
Yamaganda07:40 – 09:18
Gulika Kāla10:56 – 12:34
Varjyam06:35 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:31

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:02 – 07:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:40 – 09:18 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:18 – 10:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:56 – 12:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:34 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:12 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:50 – 17:28 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:28 – 19:05 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:05 – 20:28 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:28 – 21:50 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:50 – 23:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:12 – 00:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:34 – 01:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:56 – 03:18 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:18 – 04:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:40 – 06:02 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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)1862040.27 · 5098.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450505.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8133° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)222.48° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.8133°) · declination -8.76° · EoT -13.55 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:1997-02-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)