पञ्चाङ्ग — Brisbane, Australia · January 29, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.10 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
तमुवाच हृषीकेशः प्रहसन्निव भारत।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये विषीदन्तमिदं वचः।।2.10।।
"2.10 Thereupon the Lord, with a gracious smile, addressed him who was so much depressed in the midst of the two armies." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.99°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra258.39°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala178.00°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha302.89°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati77.83°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra259.31°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani208.11°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:18 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:44 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:21 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:08 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 25 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 34 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:31 – 04:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:11 – 05:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:32 – 18:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:44 – 19:18
Amṛta Kāla18:29 – 20:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:01 – 13:42
Yamaganda06:59 – 08:40
Gulika Kāla10:20 – 12:01
Varjyam05:52 – 06:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:18 – 06:59 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:59 – 08:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:40 – 10:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:20 – 12:01 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:01 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:42 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:23 – 17:03 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:03 – 18:44 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:44 – 20:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:03 – 21:23 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:23 – 22:42 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:42 – 00:01 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:01 – 01:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:20 – 02:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:40 – 03:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:59 – 05:18 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -27.4698°
Longitude: 153.0251°
Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868221.27
Julian Day2456686.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0497°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)334.98°
🪷 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 (24.0497°), declination -17.99°, EoT -13.17 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: 2014-01-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)