पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 29, 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 1.26 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितृ़नथ पितामहान्।

आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातृ़न्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा।।1.26।।
"1.26 There Arjuna noticed fathers, grandfathers, uncles, cousins, sons, grandsons, teachers, friends;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.26'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 Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya253.43°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra206.05°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala166.05°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha253.12°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati81.82°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra273.67°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani205.77°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:00 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:45 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:12 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:14 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 45 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 14 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:02 – 04:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:46 – 05:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:50 – 15:49
Godhūli Muhūrta19:33 – 19:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:45 – 20:22
Amṛta Kāla19:30 – 21:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:55 – 19:45
Yamaganda12:22 – 14:13
Gulika Kāla16:04 – 17:55
Varjyam05:37 – 06:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:00 – 06:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:50 – 08:41 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:41 – 10:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:32 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:22 – 14:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:13 – 16:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:04 – 17:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:55 – 19:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:45 – 20:55 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:55 – 22:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:04 – 23:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:13 – 00:22 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:22 – 01:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:32 – 02:41 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:41 – 03:50 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:50 – 05:00 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868190.27
Julian Day2456655.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0485°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)314.70°
🪷 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 (24.0485°), declination -23.23°, EoT -2.35 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: 2013-12-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)