पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 12, 2013 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 10.4 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसंमोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः।

सुखं दुःखं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च।।10.4।।
"10.4 Intelligence, wisdom, non-illusion, forgiveness, truth, self-control, calmness, pleasure, pain, birth, death, fear and fearlessness;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.95°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra270.96°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala289.20°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha263.88°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.46°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra249.40°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani196.02°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:57 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:12 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:19 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 12 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 47 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:03 – 04:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:46 – 04:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:45
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:32

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:30 – 10:17
Yamaganda13:50 – 15:37
Gulika Kāla04:57 – 06:44
Varjyam05:33 – 05:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:16 – 08:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:57 – 06:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:44 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:30 – 10:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:17 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:03 – 13:50 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:50 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:37 – 17:23 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:23 – 19:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:10 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:23 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:37 – 22:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:50 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:03 – 01:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:17 – 02:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:30 – 03:44 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:44 – 04:57 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -33.8688°
Longitude: 151.2093°
Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867839.27
Julian Day2456304.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0350°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)3.97°
🪷 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 (24.0350°), declination -21.64°, EoT -8.27 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: 2013-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)