पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 14, 2010 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 18.61 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति।भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया।।18.61।।
"18.61 God dwells in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna! He causes them to revolve as it were on a wheel by His mystic power." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.61's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.76°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra256.00°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala111.56°KarkaAśleṣā P2
बुध Budha251.50°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati305.37°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra270.15°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani160.43°KanyāHasta P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:14 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:45 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:14 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:55 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 30 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 29 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:18 – 04:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:01 – 05:14
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:54 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:33 – 19:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:45 – 20:21
Amṛta Kāla19:30 – 21:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:18 – 16:07
Yamaganda05:14 – 07:03
Gulika Kāla08:51 – 10:40
Varjyam05:50 – 06:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:14 – 07:03 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:03 – 08:51 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:51 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:40 – 12:29 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:29 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:18 – 16:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:07 – 17:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:56 – 19:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:45 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:56 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:07 – 23:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:18 – 00:29 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:29 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:40 – 02:51 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:51 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:03 – 05:14 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°
Longitude: 144.9631°
Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866745.27
Julian Day2455210.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9932°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)346.50°
🪷 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 (23.9932°), declination -21.35°, EoT -9.00 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: 2010-01-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)