पञ्चाङ्ग — Perth, Australia · November 16, 1996 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: 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 2.36 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून् वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः।

निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्।।2.36।।
"2.36 Thine enemies will spread scandal and mock at thy courage. Can anything be more humiliating?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya210.15°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra273.71°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala135.20°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha218.27°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati261.65°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra177.62°KanyāCitrā P2
शनि Śani337.04°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

☀️ Perth, Australia — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · SGT/MYT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:09 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:55 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:19 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:14 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 46 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 13 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:19 – 04:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:00 – 05:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:43 – 19:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:55 – 19:29
Amṛta Kāla18:40 – 20:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:35 – 10:19
Yamaganda13:45 – 15:28
Gulika Kāla05:09 – 06:52
Varjyam05:43 – 06:05
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:09 – 06:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:52 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:35 – 10:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:19 – 12:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:02 – 13:45 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:45 – 15:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:28 – 17:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:12 – 18:55 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:55 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:12 – 21:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:28 – 22:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:45 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:02 – 01:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:19 – 02:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:35 – 03:52 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:52 – 05:09 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: -31.9505°
Longitude: 115.8605°
Timezone: UTC+8

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861938.27 · 5097.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450403.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8094° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)62.23° · 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 (23.8094°) · declination -18.76° · EoT 14.67 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:1996-11-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)