पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · November 17, 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
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🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.66 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना।

न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम्।।2.66।।
"2.66 Right discrimination is not for him who cannot concentrate. Without concentration, there cannot be meditation; he who cannot meditate must not expect peace; and without peace, how can anyone expect happiness?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.66's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya210.64°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra187.36°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala150.27°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha232.60°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati324.34°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra215.15°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani4.41°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:59 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:12 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:52 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:13 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 12 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 47 Mins 32 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:06 – 04:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:48 – 04:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta19:00 – 19:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:12 – 19:47
Amṛta Kāla18:57 – 20:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:39 – 17:25
Yamaganda08:33 – 10:19
Gulika Kāla12:06 – 13:52
Varjyam05:35 – 05:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:59 – 06:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:46 – 08:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:33 – 10:19 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:19 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:06 – 13:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:52 – 15:39 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:39 – 17:25 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:25 – 19:12 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:12 – 20:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:25 – 21:39 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:39 – 22:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:52 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:06 – 01:19 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:19 – 02:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:33 – 03:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:46 – 04:59 (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)1862669.27 · 5099.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451134.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8373° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)335.88° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.8373°) · declination -18.89° · EoT 14.44 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:1998-11-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)