पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · December 24, 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 3.20 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादयः।

लोकसंग्रहमेवापि संपश्यन्कर्तुमर्हसि।।3.20।।
"3.20 King Janaka and others attained perfection through action alone. Even for the sake of enlightening the world, it is thy duty to act;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.28°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra122.01°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala223.01°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha261.79°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati304.87°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra271.58°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani286.95°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:43 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:07 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:02 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:58 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 24 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 35 Mins 40 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:48 – 03:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:31 – 04:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:55 – 19:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:07 – 19:43
Amṛta Kāla18:52 – 20:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:07 – 11:55
Yamaganda15:31 – 17:19
Gulika Kāla06:31 – 08:19
Varjyam05:19 – 05:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:05 – 08:34

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:43 – 06:31 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:31 – 08:19 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:19 – 10:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:07 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:55 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:43 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:31 – 17:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:19 – 19:07 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:07 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:19 – 21:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:31 – 22:43 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:43 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:55 – 01:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:07 – 02:19 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:19 – 03:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:31 – 04:43 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871107.27
Julian Day2459572.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1600°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)237.19°
🪷 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 (24.1600°), declination -23.41°, EoT -0.03 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: 2021-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)