पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 14, 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 1.12 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः।

सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्।।1.12।।
"1.12 Then to enliven his spirits, the brave Grandfather Bheeshma, eldest of the Kuru-clan, blew his conch, till it sounded like a lion's roar." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.12'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 Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.23°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra148.71°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.26°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha254.33°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.81°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra305.57°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani184.70°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:13 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:45 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:33 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:21 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 31 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 28 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:17 – 04:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:01 – 05:13
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 Kāla08:51 – 10:40
Yamaganda14:18 – 16:07
Gulika Kāla05:13 – 07:02
Varjyam05:50 – 06:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:13 – 07:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:02 – 08:51 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:51 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:40 – 12:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:29 – 14:18 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:18 – 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 – 23:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:18 – 00:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:29 – 01:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:40 – 02:51 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:51 – 04:02 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:02 – 05:13 (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 Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867475.27
Julian Day2455940.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0211°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)239.22°
🪷 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 (24.0211°), declination -21.43°, 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: 2012-01-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)