पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 22, 1999 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 4.17 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः।

अकर्मणश्च बोद्धव्यं गहना कर्मणो गतिः।।4.17।।
"4.17 It is necessary to consider what is right action, what is wrong action, and what is inaction, for mysterious is the law of action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2056 Nandana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1921 Pramāthi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1406
Malayalam Era: 1175
Nanakshahi: 530
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya277.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra331.82°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala184.30°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha269.18°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati331.63°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra297.92°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani3.38°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:41 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:00 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:16 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 19 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 40 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:28 – 04:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:10 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:55 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:29 – 19:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:41 – 20:17
Amṛta Kāla19:26 – 21:11
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 01:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:44 – 12:32
Yamaganda16:06 – 17:54
Gulika Kāla07:09 – 08:57
Varjyam05:58 – 06:21
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:11

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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 · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:22 – 07:09 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:09 – 08:57 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:57 – 10:44 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:44 – 12:32 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:32 – 14:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:19 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:06 – 17:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:54 – 19:41 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:41 – 20:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:54 – 22:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:06 – 23:19 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:19 – 00:32 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:32 – 01:44 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:44 – 02:57 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:57 – 04:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:09 – 05:22 (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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862735.27 · 5100.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451200.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8398° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)54.31° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (23.8398°) · declination -19.81° · EoT -11.54 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:1999-01-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)