पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · December 22, 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 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।
"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.48°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra146.86°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala100.05°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha224.38°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati50.14°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra292.27°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani319.74°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:42 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:06 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:23 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:09 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 24 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 35 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:47 – 03:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:30 – 04:42
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta18:54 – 19:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:06 – 19:43
Amṛta Kāla18:51 – 20:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:18 – 19:06
Yamaganda11:54 – 13:42
Gulika Kāla15:30 – 17:18
Varjyam05:18 – 05:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:04 – 08:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:42 – 06:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:30 – 08:18 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:18 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:06 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:54 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:42 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:30 – 17:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:18 – 19:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:06 – 20:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:18 – 21:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:30 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:42 – 23:54 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:54 – 01:06 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:06 – 02:18 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:18 – 03:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:30 – 04:42 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872201.27
Julian Day2460666.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2019°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)260.16°
🪷 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 (24.2019°), declination -23.43°, EoT 0.91 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: 2024-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)