पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · May 17, 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
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🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.37 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्।।18.37।।
"18.37 Which at first seems like poison but afterwards acts like nectar - that pleasure is Pure, for it is born of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya32.59°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra198.18°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala45.35°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha41.94°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati26.11°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra25.77°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani27.35°MeṣaKṛttikā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:15 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:18 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:26 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:11 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 02 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 57 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:55 – 06:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:25 – 07:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:37
Godhūli Muhūrta17:06 – 17:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:18 – 17:43
Amṛta Kāla17:03 – 18:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:37

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:16 – 13:32
Yamaganda08:30 – 09:46
Gulika Kāla11:01 – 12:16
Varjyam07:40 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:36 – 09:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:15 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:30 – 09:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:46 – 11:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:01 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:16 – 13:32 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:32 – 14:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:47 – 16:02 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:02 – 17:18 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:18 – 19:02 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:02 – 20:47 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:47 – 22:32 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:32 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:16 – 02:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:01 – 03:46 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:46 – 05:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:30 – 07:15 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5102 · Kali-5102
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863216.27 · 5101.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451681.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8582° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)166.23° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (23.8582°) · declination 19.36° · EoT 3.72 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:2000-05-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)