पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · August 22, 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: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.24 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च।

न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते।।9.24।।
"9.24 I am the willing recipient of sacrifice, and I am its true Lord. But these do not know me in truth, and so they sink back." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya125.18°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra355.37°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala190.99°TulāSvātī P2
बुध Budha141.77°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati291.60°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra161.47°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani356.14°MīnaRevatī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:56 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:50 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:04 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:23 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:29 – 06:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:01 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta17:38 – 18:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:50 – 18:17
Amṛta Kāla17:35 – 19:20
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:01 – 12:23
Yamaganda15:06 – 16:28
Gulika Kāla08:17 – 09:39
Varjyam07:23 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:50

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:56 – 08:17 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:17 – 09:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:39 – 11:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:01 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:23 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:44 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:06 – 16:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:28 – 17:50 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:50 – 19:28 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:28 – 21:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:06 – 22:44 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:44 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:23 – 02:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:01 – 03:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:39 – 05:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:17 – 06:56 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862217.27 · 5098.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450682.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8200° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)227.43° · 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 (23.8200°) · declination 11.82° · EoT -2.54 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:1997-08-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)