पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 8, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.17 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रिणं च

तेजोराशिं सर्वतोदीप्तिमन्तम्।

पश्यामि त्वां दुर्निरीक्ष्यं समन्ताद्

दीप्तानलार्कद्युतिमप्रमेयम्।।11.17।।
"11.17 I see thee with the crown, the sceptre and the discus; a blaze of splendour. Scarce can I gaze on thee, so radiant thou art, glowing like the blazing fire, brilliant as the sun, immeasurable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.85°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra23.01°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala320.49°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha244.40°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.23°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra310.66°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani237.88°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:08 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:46 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:15 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:32 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 37 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 22 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:11 – 04:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:55 – 05:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:53 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:34 – 19:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:46 – 20:22
Amṛta Kāla19:31 – 21:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:56 – 19:46
Yamaganda12:27 – 14:17
Gulika Kāla16:06 – 17:56
Varjyam05:45 – 06:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:33 – 09:02

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:08 – 06:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:58 – 08:47 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:47 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:37 – 12:27 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:27 – 14:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:17 – 16:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:06 – 17:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:56 – 19:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:46 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:56 – 22:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:06 – 23:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:17 – 00:27 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:27 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:37 – 02:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:47 – 03:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:58 – 05:08 (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 Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869296.27
Julian Day2457761.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0908°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)121.78°
🪷 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 (24.0908°), declination -22.23°, EoT -6.70 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: 2017-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)