पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 16, 2004 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.2 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचत्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा।सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां श्रृणु।।17.2।।
"17.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Man has an inherent faith in one or another of the Qualities -Purity, Passion and Ignorance. Now listen." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya271.32°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra192.15°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala354.42°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha247.33°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.81°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra307.64°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani74.50°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:00 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:09 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:08 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:28 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 08 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 51 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:07 – 04:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:50 – 05:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:57 – 19:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:09 – 19:45
Amṛta Kāla18:54 – 20:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:19 – 12:05
Yamaganda15:37 – 17:23
Gulika Kāla06:47 – 08:33
Varjyam05:36 – 05:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik 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 Chala05:00 – 06:47 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:47 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:33 – 10:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:19 – 12:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:05 – 13:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:51 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:37 – 17:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:23 – 19:09 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:09 – 20:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:23 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:37 – 22:51 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:51 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:05 – 01:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:19 – 02:33 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:33 – 03:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:47 – 05:00 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: -33.8688°
Longitude: 151.2093°
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 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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864555.27 · 5105.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453020.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9094° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)283.41° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (23.9094°) · declination -21.09° · EoT -9.69 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:2004-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)