पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 23, 2027 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 5.22 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते।

आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः।।5.22।।
"5.22 The joys that spring from external associations bring pain; they have their beginning and their endings. The wise man does not rejoice in them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.71°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra190.20°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala266.29°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha252.63°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati152.42°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra279.39°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani356.79°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:56 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:43 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:49 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:18 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 47 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 12 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:58 – 03:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:42 – 04:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:47
Godhūli Muhūrta19:31 – 19:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:43 – 20:20
Amṛta Kāla19:28 – 21:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:11 – 16:01
Yamaganda04:56 – 06:47
Gulika Kāla08:38 – 10:29
Varjyam05:33 – 05:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:56 – 06:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:47 – 08:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:38 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:29 – 12:20 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:20 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:11 – 16:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:01 – 17:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:52 – 19:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:43 – 20:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:52 – 22:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:01 – 23:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:11 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:20 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:29 – 02:38 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:38 – 03:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:47 – 04:56 (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 Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873297.27
Julian Day2461762.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2438°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)302.29°
🪷 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 (24.2438°), declination -23.43°, EoT 0.44 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: 2027-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)