पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · November 16, 2001 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: गोवर्धन पूजा — Govardhana Pūjā (Annakūṭa)
Krishna lifted Govardhana to protect Vraja from Indra's wrath. Day 4 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.18 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
ज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस्तमसः परमुच्यते।ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानगम्यं हृदि सर्वस्य विष्ठितम्।।13.18।।
"13.18 It is the Light of lights, beyond the reach of darkness; the Wisdom, the only thing that is worth knowing or that wisdom can teach; the Presence in the hearts of all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2058 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1923 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1408
Malayalam Era: 1177
Nanakshahi: 532
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya209.87°TulāViśākhā P3
चन्द्र Candra219.60°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala289.62°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha198.94°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati81.42°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra195.50°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani48.91°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:00 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:11 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:32 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:56 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 11 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 48 Mins 51 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:06 – 04:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:49 – 05:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:59 – 19:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:11 – 19:47
Amṛta Kāla18:56 – 20:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:19 – 12:05
Yamaganda15:38 – 17:25
Gulika Kāla06:46 – 08:33
Varjyam05:35 – 05:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:00 – 06:46 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:46 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:33 – 10:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:19 – 12:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:05 – 13:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:52 – 15:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:38 – 17:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:25 – 19:11 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:11 – 20:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:25 – 21:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:38 – 22:52 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:52 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:05 – 01:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:19 – 02:33 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:33 – 03:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:46 – 05:00 (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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863764.27 · 5102.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452229.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8792° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)11.34° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.8792°) · declination -18.71° · EoT 14.67 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:2001-11-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)