पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · March 20, 2007 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: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.16 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्।

मंत्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्।।9.16।।
"9.16 I am the Oblation, the Sacrifice and the Worship; I am the Fuel and the Chant, I am the Butter offered to the fire, I am the Fire itself, and I am the Act of offering." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya335.10°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra348.30°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala292.66°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha307.40°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati236.12°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra8.53°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शनि Śani114.86°KarkaAśleṣā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:34 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:33 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:09 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:45 – 05:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:22 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:22 – 18:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:34 – 19:04
Amṛta Kāla18:19 – 20:04
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:31 – 17:02
Yamaganda09:26 – 10:57
Gulika Kāla12:28 – 14:00
Varjyam06:53 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:23 – 07:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:54 – 09:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:26 – 10:57 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:57 – 12:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:28 – 14:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:00 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:31 – 17:02 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:02 – 18:34 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:34 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:02 – 21:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:31 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:00 – 00:28 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:28 – 01:57 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:57 – 03:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:26 – 04:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:54 – 06:23 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1865714.27 · 5108.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454179.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9538° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)11.61° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.9538°) · declination -0.38° · EoT -8.15 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:2007-03-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)