पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 22, 2019 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 2.60 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।

इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः।।2.60।।
"2.60 O Arjuna! The mind of him, who is trying to conquer it, is forcibly carried away in spite of his efforts, by his tumultuous senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.60's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.74°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra192.95°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala207.30°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha234.47°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati250.27°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra277.76°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani266.06°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:56 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:43 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:01 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:35 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 47 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 12 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:57 – 03:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:42 – 04:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:47 – 15:46
Godhūli Muhūrta19:31 – 19:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:43 – 20:20
Amṛta Kāla19:28 – 21:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:52 – 19:43
Yamaganda12:19 – 14:10
Gulika Kāla16:01 – 17:52
Varjyam05:33 – 05:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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):
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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:56 – 06:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:47 – 08:37 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:37 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:28 – 12:19 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:19 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:10 – 16:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:01 – 17:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:52 – 19:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:43 – 20:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:52 – 22:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:01 – 23:10 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:10 – 00:19 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:19 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:28 – 02:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:37 – 03:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:47 – 04:56 (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 Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870374.27
Julian Day2458839.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1320°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)307.81°
🪷 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 (24.1320°), declination -23.44°, EoT 0.91 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: 2019-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)