पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · October 18, 2016 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: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.11 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम्।

परं भावमजानन्तो मम भूतमहेश्वरम्।।9.11।।
"9.11 Fools disregard Me, seeing Me clad in human form. They know not that in My higher nature I am the Lord-God of all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya181.01°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra27.42°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala259.78°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha174.01°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati163.65°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra215.39°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani228.74°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:09 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:10 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:13 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:38 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 01 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:25 – 04:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:04 – 05:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:10 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 00:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:55 – 16:33
Yamaganda08:25 – 10:02
Gulika Kāla11:40 – 13:17
Varjyam05:42 – 06:03
Dur Muhūrta 08:12 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:09 – 06:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:47 – 08:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:25 – 10:02 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:02 – 11:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:40 – 13:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:17 – 14:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:55 – 16:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:33 – 18:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:10 – 19:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:33 – 20:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:55 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:17 – 23:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:40 – 01:02 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:02 – 02:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:25 – 03:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:47 – 05:09 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869214.27 · 5117.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457679.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0876° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)204.25° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (24.0876°) · declination -9.71° · EoT 15.40 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:2016-10-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)