पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 20, 2018 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 11.27 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति

दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि।

केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु

संदृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः।।11.27।।
"11.27 1 see them all rushing headlong into Thy mouths, with terrible tusks, horrible to behold. Some are mangled between thy jaws, with their heads crushed to atoms." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.97°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra27.95°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala327.54°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha222.94°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati225.05°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra198.01°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani255.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:55 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:42 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:50 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:58 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:57 – 03:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:41 – 04:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:45
Godhūli Muhūrta19:30 – 19:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:42 – 20:19
Amṛta Kāla19:27 – 21:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:48

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:09 – 16:00
Yamaganda04:55 – 06:46
Gulika Kāla08:37 – 10:27
Varjyam05:32 – 05:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:55 – 06:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:46 – 08:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:37 – 10:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:27 – 12:18 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:18 – 14:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:09 – 16:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:00 – 17:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:51 – 19:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:42 – 20:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:51 – 22:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:00 – 23:09 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:09 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:18 – 01:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:27 – 02:37 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:37 – 03:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:46 – 04:55 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870007.27
Julian Day2458472.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1180°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)144.39°
🪷 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 (24.1180°), declination -23.42°, EoT 1.85 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: 2018-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)