पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · August 28, 2014 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: वराह जयन्ती — Varāha Jayantī
Varāha lifted Bhū-Devī from the cosmic ocean.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.35 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलं।

अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते।।6.35।।
"6.35 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Doubtless, O Mighty One, the mind is fickle and exceedingly difficult to restrain, but, O Son of Kunti, with practice and renunciation it can be done." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya130.62°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra157.53°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala204.81°TulāViśākhā P2
बुध Budha147.51°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati104.55°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra115.08°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शनि Śani203.50°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:47 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:54 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:04 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:14 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:19 – 06:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:54 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:44 – 15:08
Yamaganda06:47 – 08:11
Gulika Kāla09:34 – 10:58
Varjyam07:15 – 07:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:45

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:47 – 08:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:11 – 09:34 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:34 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:58 – 12:21 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:21 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:44 – 15:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:08 – 16:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:31 – 17:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:54 – 19:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:31 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:08 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:44 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:21 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:58 – 03:34 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:34 – 05:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:11 – 06:47 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868432.27 · 5115.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456897.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0577° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)29.33° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (24.0577°) · declination 9.79° · EoT -0.81 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:2014-08-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)