पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 27, 2014 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 10.17 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन्।

केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया।।10.17।।
"10.17 O Master! How shall I, by constant meditation, know Thee? My Lord! What are Thy various manifestations through which I am to mediate on Thee?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya251.13°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra318.47°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala292.87°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha261.53°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.25°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra266.26°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani216.04°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:58 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:45 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:27 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:15 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:00 – 03:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:45 – 04:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:48
Godhūli Muhūrta19:33 – 19:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:45 – 20:22
Amṛta Kāla19:30 – 21:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:40 – 10:31
Yamaganda14:12 – 16:03
Gulika Kāla04:58 – 06:49
Varjyam05:35 – 05:59
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:58 – 06:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:49 – 08:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:40 – 10:31 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:31 – 12:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:22 – 14:12 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:12 – 16:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:03 – 17:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:54 – 19:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:45 – 20:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:54 – 22:03 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:03 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:12 – 00:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:22 – 01:31 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:31 – 02:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:40 – 03:49 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:49 – 04:58 (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 Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868553.27
Julian Day2457018.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0624°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)64.69°
🪷 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 (24.0624°), declination -23.33°, EoT -1.42 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: 2014-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)