पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 24, 2013 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 1.21 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत।।1.21।।
"1.21 Raising his bow, spoke this to the Lord Shri Krishna: O Infallible! Lord of the earth! Please draw up my chariot betwixt the two armies," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.33°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra140.93°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala163.74°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha245.16°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati82.47°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra274.65°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani205.29°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:57 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:44 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:26 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:55 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:58 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:43 – 04:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:47
Godhūli Muhūrta19:32 – 19:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:44 – 20:21
Amṛta Kāla19:29 – 21:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:02 – 17:53
Yamaganda08:38 – 10:29
Gulika Kāla12:20 – 14:11
Varjyam05:34 – 05:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:57 – 06:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:48 – 08:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:38 – 10:29 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:29 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:20 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:11 – 16:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:02 – 17:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:53 – 19:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:44 – 20:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:53 – 22:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:02 – 23:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:11 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:20 – 01:29 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:29 – 02:38 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:38 – 03:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:48 – 04:57 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868185.27
Julian Day2456650.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0483°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)256.50°
🪷 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 (24.0483°), declination -23.42°, EoT -0.03 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: 2013-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)