पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 8, 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 3.5 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न हि कश्िचत्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत्।

कार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैर्गुणैः।।3.5।।
"3.5 He cannot even for a moment remain really inactive, for the Qualities of Nature will compel him to act whether he will or no." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.5'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 Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.07°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra48.14°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala218.73°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha261.26°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.18°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra298.60°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani268.04°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:53 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:43 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:42 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 17 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 42 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:59 – 03:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:42 – 04:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:46
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:30

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:02 – 13:49
Yamaganda06:40 – 08:28
Gulika Kāla10:15 – 12:02
Varjyam05:29 – 05:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:13 – 08:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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):
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 Labha04:53 – 06:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:40 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:28 – 10:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:15 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:02 – 13:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:49 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:36 – 17:23 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:23 – 19:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:10 – 20:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:23 – 21:36 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:36 – 22:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:49 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:02 – 01:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:15 – 02:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:28 – 03:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:40 – 04:53 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870391.27
Julian Day2458856.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1326°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)144.79°
🪷 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 (24.1326°), declination -22.33°, EoT -6.70 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: 2020-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)