पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 24, 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 2.33 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अथ चैत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि।

ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि।।2.33।।
"2.33 Refuse to fight in this righteous cause, and thou wilt be a traitor, lost to fame, incurring only sin." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.33'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 Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.30°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra311.15°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala194.79°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha228.59°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.20°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra244.17°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani246.20°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:57 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:44 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:58 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:05 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:58 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:43 – 04:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:47
Godhūli Muhūrta19:32 – 19:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:44 – 20:21
Amṛta Kāla19:29 – 21:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:53 – 19:44
Yamaganda12:20 – 14:11
Gulika Kāla16:02 – 17:53
Varjyam05:34 – 05:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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 Udveg04:57 – 06:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:48 – 08:38 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:38 – 10:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:29 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:20 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:11 – 16:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:02 – 17:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:53 – 19:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:44 – 20:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:53 – 22:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:02 – 23:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:11 – 00:20 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:20 – 01:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:29 – 02:38 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:38 – 03:48 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:48 – 04:57 (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 Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869646.27
Julian Day2458111.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1042°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)66.97°
🪷 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 (24.1042°), declination -23.41°, EoT -0.03 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: 2017-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)