पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 4, 2069 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.4 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु।।13.4।।
"13.4 What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what the Self is, and what Its power - this I will now briefly set forth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2126 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1991 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1476
Malayalam Era: 1245
Nanakshahi: 600
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya259.43°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra34.83°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala227.62°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha266.81°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati293.76°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra242.44°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani161.32°KanyāHasta P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:05 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:46 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:29 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:24 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 41 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 18 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:07 – 04:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:51 – 05:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:52 – 15:51
Godhūli Muhūrta19:34 – 19:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:46 – 20:22
Amṛta Kāla19:31 – 21:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:35 – 12:25
Yamaganda16:05 – 17:56
Gulika Kāla06:55 – 08:45
Varjyam05:41 – 06:05
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 09:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:05 – 06:55 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:55 – 08:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:45 – 10:35 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:35 – 12:25 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:25 – 14:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:15 – 16:05 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:05 – 17:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:56 – 19:46 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:46 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:56 – 22:05 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:05 – 23:15 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:15 – 00:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:25 – 01:35 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:35 – 02:45 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:45 – 03:55 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:55 – 05:05 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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 Year5170 · Kali-5170
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1888285.27 · 5169.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2476750.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.8170° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)136.44° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (24.8170°) · declination -22.67° · EoT -5.02 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:2069-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)