पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 9, 2014 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 1.37 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्।

स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव।।1.37।।
"1.37 We are worthy of a nobler feat than to slaughter our relatives - the sons of Dhritarashtra; for, my Lord, how can we be happy of we kill our kinsmen?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya264.64°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra5.10°MeṣaAśvinī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala170.81°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha271.05°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati80.34°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra268.38°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani206.74°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:54 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:12 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:17 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 15 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 44 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:00 – 03:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:43 – 04:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:46
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:49 – 15:36
Yamaganda04:54 – 06:41
Gulika Kāla08:28 – 10:15
Varjyam05:30 – 05:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
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):
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 Śubha04:54 – 06:41 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:41 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:28 – 10:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:15 – 12:02 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:02 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:49 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:36 – 17:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:23 – 19:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:10 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:23 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:36 – 22:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:49 – 00:02 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:02 – 01:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:15 – 02:28 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:28 – 03:41 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:41 – 04:54 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

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 Navamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868201.27
Julian Day2456666.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0489°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)97.34°
🪷 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 (24.0489°), declination -22.13°, EoT -7.10 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: 2014-01-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)