पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 18, 2019 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.1 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

अर्जुन उवाचएवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते।येचाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः।।12.1।।

"12.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Which are the better devotees who worship Thee, those who try to know Thee as a Personal God, or those who worship Thee as Impersonal and Indestructible?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi

Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri

Bengali Saṁvat: 1426

Malayalam Era: 1195

Nanakshahi: 550

Solar Month: Makara (Tai)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	273.52°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra	49.75°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	347.05°	Mīna	Revatī P1
बुध Budha	265.60°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	231.06°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	226.72°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani	259.16°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:03 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:09 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:06 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	16:12 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	02:09 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 05 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 54 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:10 – 04:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:52 – 05:03
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:37 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:27 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:57 – 19:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:09 – 19:44
Amṛta Kāla	18:54 – 20:39
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:37 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:20 – 12:06
Yamaganda	15:37 – 17:23
Gulika Kāla	06:48 – 08:34
Varjyam	05:38 – 06:00
Dur Muhūrta	08:20 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Chala	05:03 – 06:48 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	06:48 – 08:34 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	08:34 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:20 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:06 – 13:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:51 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:37 – 17:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	17:23 – 19:09 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	19:09 – 20:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	20:23 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:37 – 22:51 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:51 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:06 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:20 – 02:34 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	02:34 – 03:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	03:48 – 05:03 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -33.8688°

Longitude: 151.2093°

Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870036.27
Julian Day	2458501.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1191°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	137.78°

🪷 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 (24.1191°), declination -20.63°, EoT -10.35 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: 2019-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)