पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 21, 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 12.3 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते।सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम्।।12.3।।
"12.3 Those who worship Me as the Indestructible, the Undefinable, the Omnipresent, the Unthinkable, the Primeval, the Immutable and the Eternal;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla 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)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.48°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra325.02°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala358.51°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha245.71°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati276.18°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra222.27°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani276.26°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:55 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:42 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:21 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:53 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 – 03:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:41 – 04:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:47 – 15:46
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 Kāla06:46 – 08:37
Yamaganda10:28 – 12:19
Gulika Kāla14:10 – 16:01
Varjyam05:32 – 05:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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 · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:55 – 06:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:46 – 08:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:37 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:28 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:19 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:10 – 16:01 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha16:01 – 17:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:51 – 19:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:42 – 20:51 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:51 – 22:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta22:01 – 23:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:10 – 00:19 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:19 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:28 – 02:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:37 – 03:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:46 – 04:55 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870739.27
Julian Day2459204.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1460°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)78.33°
🪷 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 (24.1460°), declination -23.44°, EoT 1.38 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: 2020-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)