पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · December 31, 2016 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 11.9 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः।

दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम्।।11.9।।
"11.9 Sanjaya continued: "Having thus spoken, O King, the Lord Shri Krishna, the Almighty Prince of Wisdom, showed to Arjuna the Supreme Form of the Great God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya255.70°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra275.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala314.46°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha250.07°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.44°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra302.12°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani236.98°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:47 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:09 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:18 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:19 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 22 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 37 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:52 – 03:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:36 – 04:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:30 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:57 – 19:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:09 – 19:45
Amṛta Kāla18:54 – 20:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:30 – 00:27

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:23 – 10:11
Yamaganda13:46 – 15:34
Gulika Kāla04:47 – 06:35
Varjyam05:23 – 05:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:09 – 08:37

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 Kāla04:47 – 06:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:35 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:23 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:11 – 11:58 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:58 – 13:46 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:46 – 15:34 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:34 – 17:22 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:22 – 19:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:09 – 20:22 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:22 – 21:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:34 – 22:46 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:46 – 23:58 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:58 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:11 – 02:23 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:23 – 03:35 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:35 – 04:47 (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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869288.27
Julian Day2457753.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0905°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)20.79°
🪷 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 (24.0905°), declination -23.08°, EoT -3.26 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: 2016-12-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)