पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · December 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 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 2.66 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना।

न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम्।।2.66।।
"2.66 Right discrimination is not for him who cannot concentrate. Without concentration, there cannot be meditation; he who cannot meditate must not expect peace; and without peace, how can anyone expect happiness?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.66'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: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya240.55°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra312.90°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala149.37°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha261.12°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati267.80°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra214.75°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani336.92°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:40 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:03 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:13 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:08 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 23 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 36 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:44 – 03:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:28 – 04:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:23 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:51 – 19:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:03 – 19:39
Amṛta Kāla18:48 – 20:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:23 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:28 – 08:16
Yamaganda10:03 – 11:51
Gulika Kāla13:39 – 15:27
Varjyam05:16 – 05:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:40 – 06:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:28 – 08:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:16 – 10:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:03 – 11:51 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:51 – 13:39 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:39 – 15:27 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:27 – 17:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:15 – 19:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:03 – 20:15 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:15 – 21:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:27 – 22:39 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:39 – 23:51 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:51 – 01:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:03 – 02:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:16 – 03:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:28 – 04:40 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: -33.8688°
Longitude: 151.2093°
Timezone: UTC+10

🚶 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)1861968.27 · 5097.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450433.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8105° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)69.67° · 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 (23.8105°) · declination -23.32° · EoT 3.72 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:1996-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)