पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 26, 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
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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.12 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अभिसंधाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत्।इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम्।।17.12।।
"17.12 Sacrifice which is performed for the sake of its results, or for self-glorification - that, O best of Aryans, is the product of Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya281.50°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra334.96°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala0.69°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha258.88°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.28°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra319.74°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani73.77°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:26 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:39 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:02 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:11 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 12 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 47 Mins 21 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:33 – 04:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:15 – 05:26
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:55 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:27 – 19:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:39 – 20:15
Amṛta Kāla19:24 – 21:09
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 01:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:13 – 09:00
Yamaganda10:46 – 12:33
Gulika Kāla14:19 – 16:06
Varjyam06:02 – 06:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:45 – 09:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:26 – 07:13 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:13 – 09:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:00 – 10:46 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:46 – 12:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:33 – 14:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:19 – 16:06 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha16:06 – 17:52 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:52 – 19:39 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:39 – 20:52 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:52 – 22:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta22:06 – 23:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:19 – 00:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:33 – 01:46 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:46 – 03:00 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:00 – 04:13 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:13 – 05:26 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1864565.27 · 5105.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453030.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9098° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)53.03° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (23.9098°) · declination -18.91° · EoT -12.54 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:2004-01-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)