पञ्चाङ्ग — Brisbane, Australia · January 31, 2015 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 11.10 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम्।

अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम्।।11.10।।
"11.10 There were countless eyes and mouths, and mystic forms innumerable, with shining ornaments and flaming celestial weapons." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya286.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra62.65°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala320.22°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha285.46°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati113.67°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra309.98°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani219.13°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:20 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:43 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:54 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:16 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:33 – 04:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:13 – 05:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:31 – 18:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:43 – 19:17
Amṛta Kāla18:28 – 20:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:41 – 10:21
Yamaganda13:42 – 15:22
Gulika Kāla05:20 – 07:00
Varjyam05:53 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:20 – 07:00 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:00 – 08:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:41 – 10:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:21 – 12:01 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:01 – 13:42 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:42 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:22 – 17:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:03 – 18:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:43 – 20:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:03 – 21:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:22 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:42 – 00:01 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:01 – 01:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:21 – 02:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:41 – 04:00 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:00 – 05:20 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -27.4698°
Longitude: 153.0251°
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 Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868588.27
Julian Day2457053.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0637°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)134.55°
🪷 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 (24.0637°), declination -17.52°, EoT -13.53 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: 2015-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)