पञ्चाङ्ग — Perth, Australia · December 30, 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: 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 3.8 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः।

शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः।।3.8।।
"3.8 Do thy duty as prescribed, for action for duty's sake is superior to inaction. Even the maintenance of the body would be impossible if man remained inactive." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.81°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra131.75°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala154.73°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha261.81°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati270.97°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra232.24°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani337.42°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:13 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:26 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:28 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:46 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 12 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 47 Mins 21 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:19 – 04:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:02 – 05:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:38
Godhūli Muhūrta19:14 – 19:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:26 – 20:01
Amṛta Kāla19:11 – 20:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:00 – 08:46
Yamaganda10:33 – 12:19
Gulika Kāla14:06 – 15:53
Varjyam05:49 – 06:11
Dur Muhūrta 08:32 – 09:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:13 – 07:00 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:00 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:46 – 10:33 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:33 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:19 – 14:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:06 – 15:53 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:53 – 17:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:39 – 19:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:26 – 20:39 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:39 – 21:53 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:53 – 23:06 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:06 – 00:19 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:19 – 01:33 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:33 – 02:46 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:46 – 04:00 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:00 – 05:13 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1861982.27 · 5097.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450447.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8110° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)240.38° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.8110°) · declination -23.16° · EoT -2.80 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:1996-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)