पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 10, 2009 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 8.5 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम्।

यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः।।8.5।।
"8.5 Whosoever at the time of death thinks only of Me, and thinking thus leaves the body and goes forth, assuredly he will know Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.94°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra70.22°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala256.26°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha283.47°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati277.53°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra312.84°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani147.50°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:10 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:45 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:40 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:10 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 35 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 24 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:13 – 04:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:57 – 05:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta14:54 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:33 – 19:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:45 – 20:22
Amṛta Kāla19:30 – 21:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:49 – 10:38
Yamaganda14:17 – 16:07
Gulika Kāla05:10 – 06:59
Varjyam05:46 – 06:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:34 – 09:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:10 – 06:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:59 – 08:49 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:49 – 10:38 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:38 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:28 – 14:17 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:17 – 16:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:07 – 17:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:56 – 19:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:45 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:56 – 22:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:07 – 23:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:17 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:28 – 01:38 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:38 – 02:49 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:49 – 03:59 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:59 – 05:10 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°
Longitude: 144.9631°
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

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866376.27
Julian Day2454841.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9791°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)165.37°
🪷 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 (23.9791°), declination -21.96°, EoT -7.50 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: 2009-01-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)