पञ्चाङ्ग — Brisbane, Australia · December 18, 2026 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 15.6 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।15.6।।
"15.6 Neither sun, moon, nor fire shines there. Those who go thither never come back. For, O Arjuna, that is my Celestial Home!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.88°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra341.34°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala132.67°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha233.29°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati122.53°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra195.77°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani343.80°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:49 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:41 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:25 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:21 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 52 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 07 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:58 – 03:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:40 – 04:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta18:29 – 18:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:41 – 19:16
Amṛta Kāla18:26 – 20:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:01 – 11:45
Yamaganda15:13 – 16:57
Gulika Kāla06:33 – 08:17
Varjyam05:24 – 05:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:03 – 08:31

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:49 – 06:33 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:33 – 08:17 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:17 – 10:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:01 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:45 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:29 – 15:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:13 – 16:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:57 – 18:41 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:41 – 19:57 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:57 – 21:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:13 – 22:29 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:29 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:45 – 01:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:01 – 02:17 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:17 – 03:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:33 – 04:49 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -27.4698°
Longitude: 153.0251°
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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872927.27
Julian Day2461392.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2296°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)103.21°
🪷 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 (24.2296°), declination -23.38°, 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: 2026-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)