पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 3, 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: 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 6.44 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः।

जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते।।6.44।।
"6.44 Unconsciously he will return to the practices of his old life; so that he who tries to realise spiritual consciousness is certainly superior to one who only talks of it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
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 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya227.27°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra285.14°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala227.95°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha231.19°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati269.12°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra270.12°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani146.83°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:52 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:29 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:01 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:04 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 36 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 23 Mins 14 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:56 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:39 – 04:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:37 – 15:35
Godhūli Muhūrta19:17 – 19:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:29 – 20:06
Amṛta Kāla19:14 – 20:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:11 – 14:00
Yamaganda06:42 – 08:32
Gulika Kāla10:21 – 12:11
Varjyam05:29 – 05:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (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 Labha04:52 – 06:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:42 – 08:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:32 – 10:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:21 – 12:11 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:11 – 14:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:00 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:50 – 17:40 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:40 – 19:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:29 – 20:40 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:40 – 21:50 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:50 – 23:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:00 – 00:11 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:11 – 01:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:21 – 02:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:32 – 03:42 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:42 – 04:52 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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)1866338.27 · 5109.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454803.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9776° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)61.94° · 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 (23.9776°) · declination -22.12° · EoT 9.36 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:2008-12-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)