पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 6, 2016 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 2.16 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः।

उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः।।2.16।।
"2.16 That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya261.06°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra212.83°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala187.03°TulāSvātī P1
बुध Budha276.80°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.43°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra223.88°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani227.38°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:06 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:46 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:06 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:20 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 40 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 19 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:09 – 04:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:53 – 05:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:53 – 15:51
Godhūli Muhūrta19:34 – 19:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:46 – 20:23
Amṛta Kāla19:31 – 21:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:26 – 14:16
Yamaganda06:56 – 08:46
Gulika Kāla10:36 – 12:26
Varjyam05:43 – 06:06
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 09:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (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 · 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 · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:06 – 06:56 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:56 – 08:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:46 – 10:36 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:36 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:26 – 14:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:16 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala16:06 – 17:56 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:56 – 19:46 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:46 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:56 – 22:06 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha22:06 – 23:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:16 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:26 – 01:36 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:36 – 02:46 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:46 – 03:56 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:56 – 05:06 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868928.27
Julian Day2457393.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0767°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)311.38°
🪷 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 (24.0767°), declination -22.58°, EoT -5.88 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: 2016-01-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)