पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 1, 2020 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 2.70 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं

समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत्।

तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे

स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी।।2.70।।
"2.70 He attains Peace, into whom desires flow as rivers into the ocean, which though brimming with water remains ever the same; not he whom desire carries away." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.70's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya255.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra322.49°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala214.01°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha250.06°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati252.57°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra290.04°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani267.22°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:48 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:08 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:42 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 21 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 38 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:53 – 03:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:36 – 04:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:30 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:46
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:30 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:59 – 13:47
Yamaganda06:36 – 08:23
Gulika Kāla10:11 – 11:59
Varjyam05:24 – 05:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:09 – 08:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:48 – 06:36 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:36 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:23 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:11 – 11:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:59 – 13:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:47 – 15:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:34 – 17:22 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:22 – 19:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:10 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:22 – 21:34 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:34 – 22:47 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:47 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:59 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:11 – 02:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:23 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:36 – 04:48 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870384.27
Julian Day2458849.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1324°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)68.70°
🪷 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 (24.1324°), declination -23.05°, EoT -3.71 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: 2020-01-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)