पञ्चाङ्ग — Perth, Australia · December 23, 2012 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 9.18 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्।

प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम्।।9.18।।
"9.18 I am the Goal, the Sustainer, the Lord, the Witness, the Home, the Shelter, the Lover and the Origin; I am Life and Death; I am the Fountain and the Seed Imperishable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.57°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra9.25°MeṣaAśvinī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala273.50°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha232.75°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati44.28°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra224.36°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani194.50°TulāSvātī P3

Perth, Australia — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · SGT/MYT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:09 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:23 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:52 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:54 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 14 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 45 Mins 40 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:15 – 04:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:58 – 05:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:35
Godhūli Muhūrta19:11 – 19:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:23 – 19:59
Amṛta Kāla19:08 – 20:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:36 – 19:23
Yamaganda12:16 – 14:03
Gulika Kāla15:50 – 17:36
Varjyam05:45 – 06:07
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:57

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:09 – 06:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:56 – 08:43 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:43 – 10:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:29 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:16 – 14:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:03 – 15:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:50 – 17:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:36 – 19:23 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:23 – 20:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:36 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:50 – 23:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:03 – 00:16 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:16 – 01:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:29 – 02:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:43 – 03:56 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:56 – 05:09 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -31.9505°
Longitude: 115.8605°
Timezone: UTC+8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867819.27
Julian Day2456284.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0343°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)119.14°
🪷 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 (24.0343°), 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: 2012-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)