पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · December 25, 2023 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 4.7 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga🪷 Sambhavāmi Yuge Yuge · Krishna's avatāra-anchor
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।

अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्।।4.7।।
"4.7 Whenever spirituality decays and materialism is rampant, then, O Arjuna, I reincarnate Myself!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.77°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra45.05°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala237.70°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha243.05°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.47°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra209.66°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani308.56°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:44 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:08 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:20 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:21 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 24 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 35 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:48 – 03:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:32 – 04:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:56 – 19:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:08 – 19:44
Amṛta Kāla18:53 – 20:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:32 – 08:20
Yamaganda10:08 – 11:56
Gulika Kāla13:44 – 15:32
Varjyam05:20 – 05:43
Dur Muhūrta 08:05 – 08:34

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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):
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 Amṛta04:44 – 06:32 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:32 – 08:20 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:20 – 10:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:08 – 11:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:56 – 13:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:44 – 15:32 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:32 – 17:20 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:20 – 19:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:08 – 20:20 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:20 – 21:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:32 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:44 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:56 – 01:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:08 – 02:20 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:20 – 03:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:32 – 04:44 (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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871838.27
Julian Day2460303.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1880°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)157.33°
🪷 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 (24.1880°), declination -23.40°, EoT -0.49 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: 2023-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)