पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · July 21, 2009 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.18 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
ज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस्तमसः परमुच्यते।ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानगम्यं हृदि सर्वस्य विष्ठितम्।।13.18।।
"13.18 It is the Light of lights, beyond the reach of darkness; the Wisdom, the only thing that is worth knowing or that wisdom can teach; the Presence in the hearts of all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya94.44°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra79.20°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala42.11°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
बुध Budha102.20°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati301.44°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra53.28°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani144.04°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:29 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:24 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:38 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:13 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 54 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 05 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:10 – 06:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:39 – 07:29
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta17:12 – 17:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:24 – 17:48
Amṛta Kāla17:09 – 18:54
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:55 – 16:09
Yamaganda09:58 – 11:12
Gulika Kāla12:26 – 13:41
Varjyam07:54 – 08:10
Dur Muhūrta 09:48 – 10:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:29 – 08:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:43 – 09:58 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:58 – 11:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:12 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:26 – 13:41 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:41 – 14:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:55 – 16:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:09 – 17:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:24 – 19:09 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:09 – 20:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:55 – 22:41 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:41 – 00:26 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:26 – 02:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:12 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:58 – 05:43 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:43 – 07:29 (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 Year5111 · Kali-5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866568.27 · 5110.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455033.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9864° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)345.56° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.9864°) · declination 20.47° · EoT -6.05 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:2009-07-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)