पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 13, 2024 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 4.26 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति।

शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति।।4.26।।
"4.26 Some sacrifice their physical senses in the fire of self-control; others offer up their contact with external objects in the sacrificial fire of their senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.14°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra289.43°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala251.82°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha244.23°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.70°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra232.80°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani310.29°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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)06:39 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:19 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 12 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 47 Mins 49 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 Kāla08:31 – 10:17
Yamaganda13:50 – 15:37
Gulika Kāla04:58 – 06:44
Varjyam05:33 – 05:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (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 Kāla04:58 – 06:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:44 – 08:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:31 – 10:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:17 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:04 – 13:50 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:50 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:37 – 17:23 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:23 – 19:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:10 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:23 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:37 – 22:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:50 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:04 – 01:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:17 – 02:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:31 – 03:44 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:44 – 04:58 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871857.27
Julian Day2460322.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1887°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)18.84°
🪷 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 (24.1887°), 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: 2024-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)