पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 14, 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 1.42 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च।

पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः।।1.42।।
"1.42 Promiscuity ruins both the family and those who defile it; while the souls of our ancestors droop, through lack of the funeral cakes and ablutions." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.42'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 Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.73°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra66.16°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala172.81°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha279.39°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati79.67°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra265.30°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani207.13°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:59 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:09 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:34 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:25 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 10 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 49 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:05 – 04:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:48 – 04:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:57 – 19:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:09 – 19:45
Amṛta Kāla18:54 – 20:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:37 – 17:23
Yamaganda08:32 – 10:18
Gulika Kāla12:04 – 13:50
Varjyam05:34 – 05:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:59 – 06:45 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:45 – 08:32 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:32 – 10:18 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:18 – 12:04 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:04 – 13:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:50 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:37 – 17:23 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:23 – 19:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:09 – 20:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:23 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:37 – 22:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:50 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:04 – 01:18 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:18 – 02:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:32 – 03:45 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:45 – 04:59 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868206.27
Julian Day2456671.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0491°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)155.88°
🪷 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 (24.0491°), declination -21.34°, EoT -9.00 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: 2014-01-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)