पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · March 6, 1999 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: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.18 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि।

शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः।।5.18।।
"5.18 Sages look equally upon all, whether he be a minister of learning and humility, or an infidel, or whether it be a cow, an elephant or a dog." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2056 Nandana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1921 Pramāthi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1406
Malayalam Era: 1175
Nanakshahi: 530
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya321.18°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra183.96°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala197.43°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha338.88°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati340.92°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra351.12°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani6.62°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:47 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:27 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:26 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:30 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 39 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 20 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:06 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:44 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:27 – 18:59
Amṛta Kāla18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:32

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:57 – 10:32
Yamaganda13:42 – 15:17
Gulika Kāla05:47 – 07:22
Varjyam06:19 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:45 – 09:10

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:47 – 07:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:22 – 08:57 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:57 – 10:32 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:32 – 12:07 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:07 – 13:42 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:42 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:17 – 16:52 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:52 – 18:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:27 – 19:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:52 – 21:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:17 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:42 – 00:07 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:07 – 01:32 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:32 – 02:57 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:57 – 04:22 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:22 – 05:47 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862778.27 · 5100.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451243.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8415° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)225.46° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.8415°) · declination -5.90° · EoT -12.00 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:1999-03-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)