पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · April 7, 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: मत्स्य जयन्ती — Matsya Jayantī
Matsya saved Vaivasvata Manu and the Vedas during the cosmic deluge.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.25 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तदित्यनभिसन्धाय फलं यज्ञतपःक्रियाः।

दानक्रियाश्च विविधाः क्रियन्ते मोक्षकाङ्क्षिभि:।।17.25।।
"17.25 Those who desire deliverance begin their acts of sacrifice, austerity or gift with the word Tat' (meaning That'), without thought of reward." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.25'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 Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya353.68°MīnaRevatī P3
चन्द्र Candra23.58°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala17.07°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
बुध Budha327.61°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati16.68°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra336.51°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani22.30°MeṣaBharaṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:14 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:30 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 25 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 34 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:08 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:43 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:34
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:57 – 12:23
Yamaganda15:14 – 16:40
Gulika Kāla08:06 – 09:31
Varjyam07:08 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:20 – 09:43

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:40 – 08:06 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:06 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:31 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:57 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:23 – 13:48 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:48 – 15:14 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:14 – 16:40 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:40 – 18:05 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:05 – 19:40 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:40 – 21:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:14 – 22:48 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:48 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:23 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:57 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:31 – 05:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:06 – 06:40 (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 Year5101 · Kali-5101
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863176.27 · 5101.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451641.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8567° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)28.30° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (23.8567°) · declination 6.88° · EoT -2.49 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:2000-04-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)