पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 14, 2021 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 13.7 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्।।13.7।।
"13.7 Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, sympathy, vitality and the persistent clinging to life, these are in brief the constituents of changing Matter." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.94°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra280.52°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala8.95°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha284.61°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati281.66°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra252.34°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani279.00°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:59 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:09 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:50 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:43 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 10 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 49 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:06 – 04:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:48 – 04:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:57 – 19:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:09 – 19:45
Amṛta Kāla18:54 – 20:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:50 – 15:37
Yamaganda04:59 – 06:45
Gulika Kāla08:32 – 10:18
Varjyam05:34 – 05:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:59 – 06:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:45 – 08:32 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:32 – 10:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:18 – 12:04 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:04 – 13:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:50 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:37 – 17:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:23 – 19:09 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:09 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:23 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:37 – 22:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:50 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:04 – 01:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:18 – 02:32 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:32 – 03:45 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:45 – 04:59 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870763.27
Julian Day2459228.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1469°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)12.34°
🪷 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 (24.1469°), declination -21.29°, EoT -9.00 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: 2021-01-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)