पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · March 16, 2003 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.11 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम्।

धर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामोऽस्मि भरतर्षभ।।7.11।।
"7.11 I am the Strength of the strong, of them who are free from attachment and desire; and, O Arjuna, I am the Desire for righteousness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya331.14°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra118.51°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala253.14°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha325.45°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati104.67°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra292.08°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani58.57°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:40 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:01 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:37 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:40 – 05:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:17 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:28 – 18:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:40 – 19:11
Amṛta Kāla18:25 – 20:10
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:54

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:07 – 18:40
Yamaganda12:30 – 14:02
Gulika Kāla15:35 – 17:07
Varjyam06:50 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:19 – 07:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:52 – 09:24 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:24 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:57 – 12:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:30 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:02 – 15:35 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:35 – 17:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:07 – 18:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:40 – 20:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:07 – 21:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:35 – 23:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:02 – 00:30 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:30 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:57 – 03:24 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:24 – 04:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:52 – 06:19 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864249.27 · 5104.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452714.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8977° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)147.68° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.8977°) · declination -1.97° · 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:2003-03-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)