पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · November 26, 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: स्कन्द षष्ठी — Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī
Kārttikeya's victory over Tāraka. Important Shaiva day in Tamil tradition.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.7 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
जितात्मनः प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहितः।

शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु तथा मानापमानयोः।।6.7।।
"6.7 The Self of him who is self-controlled, and has attained peace is equally unmoved by heat or cold, pleasure or pain, honour or dishonour." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla 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)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya219.68°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra281.34°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala208.80°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha199.72°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati217.20°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शुक्र Śukra226.91°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani120.87°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:55 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:22 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:10 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:20 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 27 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 32 Mins 47 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:59 – 03:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:42 – 04:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta19:10 – 19:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:22 – 19:58
Amṛta Kāla19:07 – 20:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:37

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:33 – 19:22
Yamaganda12:08 – 13:57
Gulika Kāla15:45 – 17:33
Varjyam05:31 – 05:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:55 – 06:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:43 – 08:31 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:31 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:20 – 12:08 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:08 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:57 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:45 – 17:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:33 – 19:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:22 – 20:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:33 – 21:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:45 – 22:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:57 – 00:08 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:08 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:20 – 02:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:31 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:43 – 04:55 (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 Year5108 · Kali-5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865600.27 · 5107.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454065.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9494° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)62.89° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (23.9494°) · declination -20.88° · EoT 11.91 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:2006-11-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)