पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · November 18, 2006 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: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.28 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः।

विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो यः सदा मुक्त एव सः।।5.28।।
"5.28 Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.28's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya211.60°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra179.25°KanyāCitrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala203.24°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha195.00°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati215.42°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शुक्र Śukra216.88°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani120.66°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:59 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:13 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:25 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:28 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 14 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 45 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:05 – 04:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:48 – 04:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta19:01 – 19:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:13 – 19:49
Amṛta Kāla18:58 – 20:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:32 – 10:19
Yamaganda13:53 – 15:40
Gulika Kāla04:59 – 06:46
Varjyam05:34 – 05:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:59 – 06:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:46 – 08:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:32 – 10:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:19 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:06 – 13:53 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:53 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:40 – 17:26 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:26 – 19:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:13 – 20:26 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:26 – 21:40 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:40 – 22:53 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:53 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:06 – 01:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:19 – 02:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:32 – 03:46 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:46 – 04:59 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5108 · Kali-5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865592.27 · 5107.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454057.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9491° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)326.46° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.9491°) · declination -19.15° · EoT 14.21 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:2006-11-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)