पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 12, 2012 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 1.10 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अपर्याप्तं तदस्माकं बलं भीष्माभिरक्षितम्।

पर्याप्तं त्विदमेतेषां बलं भीमाभिरक्षितम्।।1.10।।
"1.10 Yet our army seems the weaker, though commanded by Bheeshma; their army seems the stronger, though commanded by Bheema." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.20°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra120.97°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.01°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha251.32°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.69°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra303.14°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani184.61°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:11 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:45 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:22 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:05 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 33 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 26 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:15 – 04:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:59 – 05:11
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 Kāla14:18 – 16:07
Yamaganda05:11 – 07:01
Gulika Kāla08:50 – 10:39
Varjyam05:48 – 06:11
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 09:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:11 – 07:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:01 – 08:50 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:50 – 10:39 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:39 – 12:28 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:28 – 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 – 00:28 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:28 – 01:39 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:39 – 02:50 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:50 – 04:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:01 – 05:11 (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 Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867473.27
Julian Day2455938.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0210°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)213.34°
🪷 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 (24.0210°), declination -21.76°, 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: 2012-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)