पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · December 22, 2028 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 16.20 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।

मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।
"16.20 So reborn, they spend life after life, enveloped in delusion. And they never reach Me, O Prince, but degenerate into still lower forms of life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.45°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra316.16°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala155.54°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha263.20°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati179.38°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra223.96°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani10.32°MeṣaAśvinī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:56 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:43 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:31 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:25 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 47 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 12 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:57 – 03:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:42 – 04:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:47 – 15:46
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 Kāla10:28 – 12:19
Yamaganda16:01 – 17:52
Gulika Kāla06:47 – 08:37
Varjyam05:33 – 05:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:56 – 06:47 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:47 – 08:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:37 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:28 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:19 – 14:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:10 – 16:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:01 – 17:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:52 – 19:43 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:43 – 20:52 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:52 – 22:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:01 – 23:10 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:10 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:19 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:28 – 02:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:37 – 03:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:47 – 04:56 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5130
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873662.27
Julian Day2462127.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2578°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)71.03°
🪷 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 (24.2578°), declination -23.43°, EoT 0.91 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: 2028-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)