पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 17, 2010 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.10 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
प्रयाणकाले मनसाऽचलेन

भक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन चैव।

भ्रुवोर्मध्ये प्राणमावेश्य सम्यक्

स तं परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम्।।8.10।।
"8.10 He who leaves the body with mind unmoved and filled with devotion, by the power of his meditation gathering between his eyebrows his whole vital energy, attains the Supreme." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla 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)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya240.97°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra9.09°MeṣaAśvinī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala252.72°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha247.89°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati330.90°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra196.20°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani171.56°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:54 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:40 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:26 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:13 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:56 – 03:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:40 – 04:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:45 – 15:44
Godhūli Muhūrta19:28 – 19:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:40 – 20:17
Amṛta Kāla19:25 – 21:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:26 – 12:17
Yamaganda15:58 – 17:49
Gulika Kāla06:45 – 08:35
Varjyam05:31 – 05:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:21 – 08:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:54 – 06:45 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:45 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:35 – 10:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:26 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:17 – 14:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:08 – 15:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:58 – 17:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:49 – 19:40 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:40 – 20:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:49 – 21:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:58 – 23:08 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:08 – 00:17 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:17 – 01:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:26 – 02:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:35 – 03:45 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:45 – 04:54 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867082.27
Julian Day2455547.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0061°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)128.04°
🪷 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 (24.0061°), declination -23.34°, EoT 3.25 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: 2010-12-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)