पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 3, 2031 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 18.9 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन।सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः।।18.9।।
"18.9 He who performs an obligatory action, because he believes it to be a duty which ought to be done, without any personal desire to do the act or to receive any return - such renunciation is Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2088 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1953 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1438
Malayalam Era: 1207
Nanakshahi: 562
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya258.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra16.13°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala178.80°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha234.89°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati231.59°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra275.89°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani38.39°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:49 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:30 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:13 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 20 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 39 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:55 – 03:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:38 – 04:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:46
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:12 – 12:00
Yamaganda15:35 – 17:22
Gulika Kāla06:37 – 08:25
Varjyam05:25 – 05:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:10 – 08:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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):
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:49 – 06:37 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:37 – 08:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:25 – 10:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:12 – 12:00 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:00 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:47 – 15:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:35 – 17:22 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:22 – 19:10 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:10 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:22 – 21:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:35 – 22:47 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:47 – 00:00 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:00 – 01:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:12 – 02:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:25 – 03:37 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:37 – 04:49 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5132
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874404.27
Julian Day2462869.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2861°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)115.28°
🪷 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 (24.2861°), declination -22.85°, EoT -4.59 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: 2031-01-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)