पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 7, 2004 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: पौष पूर्णिमा — Pauṣa Pūrṇimā (Śākambharī Devī Jayantī)
Manifestation of Devī Śākambharī (vegetation-mother).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.17 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आत्मसम्भाविताः स्तब्धा धनमानमदान्विताः।यजन्ते नामयज्ञैस्ते दम्भेनाविधिपूर्वकम्।।16.17।।
"16.17 Self-conceited, stubborn, rich, proud and insolent, they make a display of their patronage, disregarding the rules of decency." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra75.33°MithunaĀrdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala348.84°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha242.20°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati145.03°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra296.66°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani75.22°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:07 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:46 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:13 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:45 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 39 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 20 Mins 33 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:09 – 04:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:53 – 05:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:53 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:34 – 19:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:46 – 20:23
Amṛta Kāla19:31 – 21:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:26 – 14:16
Yamaganda06:57 – 08:47
Gulika Kāla10:37 – 12:26
Varjyam05:43 – 06:07
Dur Muhūrta 08:32 – 09:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:07 – 06:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:57 – 08:47 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:47 – 10:37 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:37 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:26 – 14:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:16 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala16:06 – 17:56 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:56 – 19:46 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:46 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:56 – 22:06 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha22:06 – 23:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:16 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:26 – 01:37 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:37 – 02:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:47 – 03:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:57 – 05:07 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Ārdrā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

🌌 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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864546.27 · 5105.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453011.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9091° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)173.07° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30)
🪷 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 (23.9091°) · declination -22.47° · EoT -6.29 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:2004-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)