पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · March 23, 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: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.34 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्।

संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते।।2.34।।
"2.34 Men will talk forever of thy disgrace; and to the noble, dishonour is worse than death." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya338.79°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra343.53°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala132.57°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha336.43°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati17.16°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra24.57°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani183.64°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:01 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:03 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:27 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:16 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:25 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:01 – 06:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta17:51 – 18:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:03 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:48 – 19:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:32 – 12:02
Yamaganda15:03 – 16:33
Gulika Kāla07:32 – 09:02
Varjyam06:31 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:01 – 07:32 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:32 – 09:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:02 – 10:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:32 – 12:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:02 – 13:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:33 – 15:03 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:03 – 16:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:33 – 18:03 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:03 – 19:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:33 – 21:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:03 – 22:33 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:33 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:02 – 01:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:32 – 03:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:02 – 04:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:32 – 06:01 (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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867544.27 · 5113.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456009.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0238° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)6.54° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (24.0238°) · declination 1.12° · EoT -7.21 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:2012-03-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)