पञ्चाङ्ग — Perth, Australia · December 24, 2015 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 2.3 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते।

क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप।।2.3।।
"2.3 O Arjuna! Why give way to unmanliness? O thou who art the terror of thine enemies! Shake off such shameful effeminacy, make ready to act!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.81°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra49.24°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala179.79°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha266.43°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.07°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra208.14°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani225.96°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:09 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:24 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:59 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:06 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 14 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 45 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:16 – 04:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:58 – 05:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta19:12 – 19:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:24 – 19:59
Amṛta Kāla19:09 – 20:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:03 – 15:50
Yamaganda05:09 – 06:56
Gulika Kāla08:43 – 10:30
Varjyam05:45 – 06:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:57

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:09 – 06:56 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:56 – 08:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:43 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:30 – 12:17 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:17 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:03 – 15:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:50 – 17:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:37 – 19:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:24 – 20:37 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:37 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:50 – 23:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:03 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:17 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:30 – 02:43 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:43 – 03:56 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:56 – 05:09 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

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 Caturdaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868915.27
Julian Day2457380.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0762°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)163.35°
🪷 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 (24.0762°), declination -23.42°, EoT -0.03 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: 2015-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)