पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 15, 2006 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 18.3 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिणः।

यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे।।18.3।।
"18.3 Some philosophers say that all action is evil and should be abandoned. Others that acts of sacrifice, benevolence and austerity should not be given up." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya270.80°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra97.79°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala21.29°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
बुध Budha263.31°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.05°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra268.88°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani104.82°KarkaPuṣya P4

☀️ 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)19:25 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:40 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 09 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 50 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:06 – 04:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:49 – 05:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:57 – 19:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:09 – 19:45
Amṛta Kāla18:54 – 20:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:23 – 19:09
Yamaganda12:05 – 13:51
Gulika Kāla15:37 – 17:23
Varjyam05:35 – 05:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:00 – 06:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:46 – 08:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:32 – 10:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:18 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:05 – 13:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:51 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:37 – 17:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:23 – 19:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:09 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:23 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:37 – 22:51 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:51 – 00:05 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:05 – 01:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:18 – 02:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:32 – 03:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:46 – 05:00 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5107 · Kali-5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865285.27 · 5107.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453750.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9374° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)188.82° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.9374°) · declination -21.18° · EoT -9.35 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:2006-01-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)