पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 26, 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 12.8 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय।निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः।।12.8।।
"12.8 Then let thy mind cling only to Me, let thy intellect abide in Me; and without doubt thou shalt live hereafter in Me alone." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.8'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 Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.58°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra24.65°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala0.45°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha253.70°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati277.29°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra228.52°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani276.81°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:58 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:44 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:11 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:24 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:00 – 03:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:44 – 04:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:48
Godhūli Muhūrta19:32 – 19:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:44 – 20:21
Amṛta Kāla19:29 – 21:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:40 – 10:30
Yamaganda14:12 – 16:03
Gulika Kāla04:58 – 06:49
Varjyam05:35 – 05:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:58 – 06:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:49 – 08:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:40 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:30 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:21 – 14:12 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:12 – 16:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:03 – 17:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:54 – 19:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:44 – 20:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:54 – 22:03 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:03 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:12 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:21 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:30 – 02:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:40 – 03:49 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:49 – 04:58 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870744.27
Julian Day2459209.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1461°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)132.57°
🪷 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 -23.35°, EoT -0.96 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: 2020-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)