पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · April 29, 2008 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.12 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः।

न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम्।।2.12।।
"2.12 There was never a time when I was not, nor thou, nor these princes were not; there will never be a time when we shall cease to be." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya15.13°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra290.44°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala90.25°KarkaPunarvasu P4
बुध Budha28.99°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati268.86°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra4.06°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani127.52°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:59 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:36 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:42 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:35 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:35 – 06:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:06 – 06:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:24 – 17:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:36 – 18:02
Amṛta Kāla17:21 – 19:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:39

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:57 – 16:16
Yamaganda09:38 – 10:58
Gulika Kāla12:18 – 13:37
Varjyam07:26 – 07:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:59 – 08:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:19 – 09:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:38 – 10:58 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:58 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:18 – 13:37 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:37 – 14:57 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:57 – 16:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:16 – 17:36 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:36 – 19:16 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:16 – 20:57 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:57 – 22:37 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:37 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:18 – 01:58 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:58 – 03:38 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:38 – 05:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:19 – 06:59 (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 Year5110 · Kali-5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866120.27 · 5109.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454585.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9693° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)278.49° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (23.9693°) · declination 14.53° · EoT 2.64 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:2008-04-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)