पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 21, 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 4.3 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
स एवायं मया तेऽद्य योगः प्रोक्तः पुरातनः।

भक्तोऽसि मे सखा चेति रहस्यं ह्येतदुत्तमम्।।4.3।।
"4.3 It is the same ancient Path that I have now revealed to thee, since thou are My devotee and My friend. It is the supreme Secret." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.3'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 Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.70°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra351.04°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala234.77°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha248.53°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.58°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra204.83°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani308.25°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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)13:40 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:08 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 47 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 12 Mins 58 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 Kāla14:10 – 16:01
Yamaganda04:55 – 06:46
Gulika Kāla08:37 – 10:28
Varjyam05:32 – 05:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:55 – 06:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:46 – 08:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:37 – 10:28 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:28 – 12:19 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:19 – 14:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:10 – 16:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:01 – 17:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:51 – 19:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:42 – 20:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:51 – 22:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:01 – 23:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:10 – 00:19 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:19 – 01:28 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:28 – 02:37 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:37 – 03:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:46 – 04:55 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871834.27
Julian Day2460299.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1878°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)105.45°
🪷 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 (24.1878°), declination -23.43°, 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: 2023-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)