पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 19, 2008 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 18.36 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं श्रृणु मे भरतर्षभ।अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति।।18.36।।
"18.36 Hear further the three kinds of pleasure. That which increases day after day delivers one from misery," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya274.35°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra47.16°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala60.94°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha292.43°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati253.81°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra239.41°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani133.59°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:03 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:08 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:57 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:57 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 05 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 54 Mins 53 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:11 – 04:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:53 – 05:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:56 – 19:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:08 – 19:44
Amṛta Kāla18:53 – 20:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:35 – 10:20
Yamaganda13:51 – 15:37
Gulika Kāla05:03 – 06:49
Varjyam05:38 – 06:01
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:03 – 06:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:49 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:35 – 10:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:20 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:06 – 13:51 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:51 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:37 – 17:23 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:23 – 19:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:08 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:23 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:37 – 22:51 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:51 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:06 – 01:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:20 – 02:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:35 – 03:49 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:49 – 05:03 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

🌌 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 Year5109 · Kali-5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866019.27 · 5109.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454484.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9654° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)134.82° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.9654°) · declination -20.50° · EoT -10.66 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:2008-01-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)