पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 28, 2048 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: होलिका दहन — Holikā Dahana
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.17 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आत्मसम्भाविताः स्तब्धा धनमानमदान्विताः।यजन्ते नामयज्ञैस्ते दम्भेनाविधिपूर्वकम्।।16.17।।
"16.17 Self-conceited, stubborn, rich, proud and insolent, they make a display of their patronage, disregarding the rules of decency." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2105 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1970 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1455
Malayalam Era: 1224
Nanakshahi: 579
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya314.59°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra115.04°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala217.71°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha287.85°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati24.79°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra290.83°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani258.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:04 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:03 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:00 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:30 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 59 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 00 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:20 – 05:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:59 – 06:04
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:43 – 15:35
Godhūli Muhūrta18:51 – 19:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:03 – 19:36
Amṛta Kāla18:48 – 20:33
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:59

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:56 – 12:33
Yamaganda15:48 – 17:26
Gulika Kāla07:41 – 09:18
Varjyam06:36 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:31

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:04 – 07:41 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:41 – 09:18 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:18 – 10:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:56 – 12:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:33 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:11 – 15:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:48 – 17:26 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:26 – 19:03 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:03 – 20:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:26 – 21:48 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:48 – 23:11 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:11 – 00:33 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:33 – 01:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:56 – 03:18 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:18 – 04:41 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:41 – 06:04 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5149 · Kali-5149
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1880669.27 · 5149.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2469134.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.5257° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)159.62° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (24.5257°) · declination -8.15° · EoT -13.22 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:2048-02-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)