पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 12, 2007 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 7.7 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga🪷 Mattaḥ Parataraṁ Nānyat · Krishna IS the thread
मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय।

मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव।।7.7।।
"7.7 O Arjuna! There is nothing higher than Me; all is strung upon Me as rows of pearls upon a thread." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.48°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra182.92°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala242.39°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha270.41°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati227.19°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra285.84°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani119.75°KarkaAśleṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:12 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:45 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:15 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:26 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 33 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 26 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:15 – 04:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:59 – 05:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:54 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:33 – 19:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:45 – 20:22
Amṛta Kāla19:30 – 21:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:39 – 12:28
Yamaganda16:07 – 17:56
Gulika Kāla07:01 – 08:50
Varjyam05:48 – 06:11
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 09:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:12 – 07:01 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:01 – 08:50 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:50 – 10:39 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:39 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:28 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:18 – 16:07 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:07 – 17:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:56 – 19:45 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:45 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:56 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:07 – 23:18 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:18 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:28 – 01:39 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:39 – 02:50 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:50 – 04:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:01 – 05:12 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°
Longitude: 144.9631°
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

Kali Year5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865647.27
Julian Day2454112.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9512°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)276.69°
🪷 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 (23.9512°), declination -21.73°, EoT -8.27 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: 2007-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)