पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 21, 2012 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 1.19 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
स घोषो धार्तराष्ट्राणां हृदयानि व्यदारयत्।

नभश्च पृथिवीं चैव तुमुलो व्यनुनादयन्।।1.19।।
"1.19 The tumult rent the hearts of the sons of Dhritarashtra, and violently shook heaven and earth with its echo." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya276.36°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra247.37°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.81°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha265.12°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati7.34°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra314.06°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani184.95°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:05 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:08 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:00 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:21 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 02 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 57 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:13 – 04:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:55 – 05:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:56 – 19:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:08 – 19:43
Amṛta Kāla18:53 – 20:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:36 – 10:21
Yamaganda13:52 – 15:37
Gulika Kāla05:05 – 06:51
Varjyam05:40 – 06:03
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:50

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:05 – 06:51 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:51 – 08:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:36 – 10:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:21 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:06 – 13:52 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:52 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:37 – 17:22 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:22 – 19:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:08 – 20:22 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:22 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:37 – 22:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:52 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:06 – 01:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:21 – 02:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:36 – 03:51 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:51 – 05:05 (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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867482.27 · 5113.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455947.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0214° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)332.59° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (24.0214°) · declination -20.07° · EoT -11.26 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:2012-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)