पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · August 18, 1998 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: इन्दिरा एकादशी — Indirā Ekādaśī
Falls in Pitṛ Pakṣa; liberates ancestors from naraka.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.22 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
यावदेतान्निरीक्षेऽहं योद्धुकामानवस्थितान्।

कैर्मया सह योद्धव्यमस्मिन्रणसमुद्यमे।।1.22।।
"1.22 So that I may observe those who must fight on my side, those who must fight against me;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya121.08°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra72.42°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala94.42°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha114.18°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati332.71°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra101.90°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani9.74°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:01 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:46 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:24 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:54 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:35 – 06:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:08 – 07:01
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta17:34 – 17:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:46 – 18:13
Amṛta Kāla17:31 – 19:16
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:05 – 16:25
Yamaganda09:42 – 11:03
Gulika Kāla12:24 – 13:44
Varjyam07:28 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:01 – 08:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:22 – 09:42 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:42 – 11:03 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:03 – 12:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:24 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:44 – 15:05 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:05 – 16:25 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:25 – 17:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:46 – 19:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:25 – 21:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:05 – 22:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:44 – 00:24 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:24 – 02:03 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:03 – 03:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:42 – 05:22 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:22 – 07:01 (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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862578.27 · 5099.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451043.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8338° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)310.92° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.8338°) · declination 13.22° · EoT -3.53 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:1998-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)