पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 12, 2020 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 3.9 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः।

तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसंगः समाचर।।3.9।।
"3.9 In this world people are fettered by action, unless it is performed as a sacrifice. Therefore, O Arjuna, let thy acts be done without attachment, as sacrifice only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.14°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra103.49°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala221.43°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha267.78°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati255.09°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra303.47°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani268.52°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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)20:30 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:37 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 33 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 26 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

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

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:56 – 19:45
Yamaganda12:28 – 14:18
Gulika Kāla16:07 – 17:56
Varjyam05:48 – 06:11
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 09:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:11 – 07:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:01 – 08:50 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:50 – 10:39 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:39 – 12:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:28 – 14:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:18 – 16:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:07 – 17:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:56 – 19:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:45 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:56 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:07 – 23:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:18 – 00:28 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:28 – 01:39 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:39 – 02:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:50 – 04:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:01 – 05:11 (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)1870395.27
Julian Day2458860.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1328°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)194.53°
🪷 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 (24.1328°), declination -21.75°, EoT -8.27 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: 2020-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)