पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · March 16, 2000 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: कामदा एकादशी — Kāmadā Ekādaśī
Fulfills righteous desires; removes brahma-hatyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.3 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत।श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः।।17.3।।
"17.3 The faith of every man conforms to his nature. By nature he is full of faith. He is in fact what his faith makes him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya331.91°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra98.13°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala0.97°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha309.05°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.82°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra309.33°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani19.88°MeṣaBharaṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:20 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:39 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:56 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:53 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 18 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 41 Mins 06 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:42 – 05:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:18 – 06:20
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:27 – 18:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:39 – 19:10
Amṛta Kāla18:24 – 20:09
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:54

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:02 – 15:34
Yamaganda06:20 – 07:52
Gulika Kāla09:25 – 10:57
Varjyam06:51 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:20 – 07:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:52 – 09:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:25 – 10:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:57 – 12:30 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:30 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:02 – 15:34 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:34 – 17:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:07 – 18:39 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:39 – 20:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:07 – 21:34 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:34 – 23:02 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:02 – 00:30 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:30 – 01:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:57 – 03:25 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:25 – 04:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:52 – 06:20 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5101 · Kali-5101
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863154.27 · 5101.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451619.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8559° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)127.48° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (23.8559°) · declination -1.68° · EoT -9.36 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:2000-03-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)