पञ्चाङ्ग — Brisbane, Australia · January 4, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.13 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
तत्रैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं प्रविभक्तमनेकधा।

अपश्यद्देवदेवस्य शरीरे पाण्डवस्तदा।।11.13।।
"11.13 In that vision Arjuna saw the universe, with its manifold shapes, all embraced in One, its Supreme Lord." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya259.78°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra327.30°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala317.48°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
बुध Budha245.93°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.86°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra306.43°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani237.43°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:58 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:47 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:13 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:33 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 48 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 11 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:08 – 04:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:49 – 04:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta18:35 – 18:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:47 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla18:32 – 20:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:21

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:53 – 13:37
Yamaganda06:42 – 08:26
Gulika Kāla10:09 – 11:53
Varjyam05:33 – 05:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:12 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:58 – 06:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:42 – 08:26 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:26 – 10:09 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:09 – 11:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:53 – 13:37 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:37 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:20 – 17:04 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:04 – 18:47 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:47 – 20:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:04 – 21:20 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:20 – 22:37 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:37 – 23:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:53 – 01:09 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:09 – 02:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:26 – 03:42 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:42 – 04:58 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -27.4698°
Longitude: 153.0251°
Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869292.27
Julian Day2457757.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0906°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)69.83°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0906°), declination -22.71°, EoT -5.02 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2017-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)