पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 13, 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 3.10 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
सहयज्ञाः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा पुरोवाच प्रजापतिः।

अनेन प्रसविष्यध्वमेष वोऽस्त्विष्टकामधुक्।।3.10।।
"3.10 In the beginning, when God created all beings by the sacrifice of Himself, He said unto them: Through sacrifice you can procreate, and it shall satisfy all your desires." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.16°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra117.96°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala222.11°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha269.43°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati255.32°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra304.69°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani268.64°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:58 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:39 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:27 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 12 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 47 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:04 – 04:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:47 – 04:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:45
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:32

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:44 – 08:31
Yamaganda10:17 – 12:04
Gulika Kāla13:50 – 15:37
Varjyam05:33 – 05:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:58 – 06:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:44 – 08:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:31 – 10:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:17 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:04 – 13:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:50 – 15:37 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:37 – 17:23 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:23 – 19:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:10 – 20:23 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:23 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:37 – 22:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:50 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:04 – 01:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:17 – 02:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:31 – 03:44 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:44 – 04:58 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870396.27
Julian Day2458861.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1328°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)207.70°
🪷 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 (24.1328°), declination -21.59°, EoT -8.64 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: 2020-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)