पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 18, 2023 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 3.43 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना।

जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम्।।3.43।।
"3.43 Thus, O Mighty-in-Arms, knowing Him to be beyond the intellect and, by His help, subduing thy personal egotism, kill thine enemy, Desire, extremely difficult though it be."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.65°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra308.81°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala232.57°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha251.95°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.70°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra201.23°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani308.03°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:54 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:41 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:10 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:22 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:56 – 03:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:40 – 04:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:45 – 15:44
Godhūli Muhūrta19:29 – 19:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:41 – 20:18
Amṛta Kāla19:26 – 21:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:45 – 08:36
Yamaganda10:27 – 12:17
Gulika Kāla14:08 – 15:59
Varjyam05:31 – 05:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:21 – 08:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:54 – 06:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:45 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:36 – 10:27 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:27 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:17 – 14:08 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:08 – 15:59 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:59 – 17:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:50 – 19:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:41 – 20:50 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:50 – 21:59 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:59 – 23:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:08 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:17 – 01:27 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:27 – 02:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:36 – 03:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:45 – 04:54 (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 Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871831.27
Julian Day2460296.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1877°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)65.25°
🪷 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 (24.1877°), declination -23.37°, EoT 2.79 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: 2023-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)