पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 25, 2021 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 3.21 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।

स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते।।3.21।।
"3.21 For whatever a great man does, others imitate. People conform to the standard which he has set." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.30°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra134.64°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala223.72°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
बुध Budha263.35°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati305.05°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra271.36°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani287.05°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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)23:05 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:19 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 17 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 Kāla08:39 – 10:30
Yamaganda14:11 – 16:02
Gulika Kāla04:57 – 06:48
Varjyam05:34 – 05:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:57 – 06:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:48 – 08:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:39 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:30 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:21 – 14:11 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:11 – 16:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:02 – 17:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:53 – 19:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:44 – 20:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:53 – 22:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:02 – 23:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:11 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:21 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:30 – 02:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:39 – 03:48 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:48 – 04:57 (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 Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871108.27
Julian Day2459573.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1601°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)248.91°
🪷 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 (24.1601°), declination -23.39°, 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: 2021-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)