पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 25, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.7 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात्।भवामि नचिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम्।।12.7।।
"12.7 O Arjuna! I rescue them from the ocean of life and death, for their minds are fixed on Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.7'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 Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.56°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra12.82°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala0.05°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha252.09°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati277.07°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra227.27°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani276.70°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:57 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:44 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:15 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:53 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:59 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:43 – 04:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:48
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 Kāla10:30 – 12:21
Yamaganda16:02 – 17:53
Gulika Kāla06:48 – 08:39
Varjyam05:34 – 05:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:57 – 06:48 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:48 – 08:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:39 – 10:30 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:30 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:21 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:11 – 16:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:02 – 17:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:53 – 19:44 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:44 – 20:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:53 – 22:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:02 – 23:11 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:11 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:21 – 01:30 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:30 – 02:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:39 – 03:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:48 – 04:57 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870743.27
Julian Day2459208.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1461°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)121.63°
🪷 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 (24.1461°), declination -23.38°, EoT -0.49 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: 2020-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)