पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 11, 2017 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 11.20 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि

व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः।

दृष्ट्वाऽद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं

लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन्।।11.20।।
"11.20 Alone thou fillest all the quarters of the sky, earth and heaven, and the regions between. O Almighty Lord! Seeing Thy marvellous and awe-inspiring Form, the spheres tremble with fear." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.20'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 Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.91°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra67.16°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala322.75°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha244.87°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.48°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra313.78°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani238.21°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:11 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:45 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:24 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:54 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 34 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 25 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:14 – 04:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:58 – 05:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta14:54 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:33 – 19:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:45 – 20:22
Amṛta Kāla19:30 – 21:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:28 – 14:17
Yamaganda07:00 – 08:49
Gulika Kāla10:39 – 12:28
Varjyam05:47 – 06:11
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 09:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:11 – 07:00 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:00 – 08:49 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:49 – 10:39 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:39 – 12:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:28 – 14:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:17 – 16:07 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala16:07 – 17:56 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:56 – 19:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:45 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:56 – 22:07 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha22:07 – 23:17 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:17 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:28 – 01:39 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:39 – 02:49 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:49 – 04:00 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:00 – 05:11 (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 Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869299.27
Julian Day2457764.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0909°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)162.15°
🪷 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 (24.0909°), declination -21.80°, EoT -7.89 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: 2017-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)