पञ्चाङ्ग — Brisbane, Australia · January 25, 2018 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 2.65 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
प्रसादे सर्वदुःखानां हानिरस्योपजायते।

प्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते।।2.65।।
"2.65 Having attained Peace, he becomes free from misery; for when the mind gains peace, right discrimination follows." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.65's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya280.90°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra12.24°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala214.67°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha265.53°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati206.14°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra284.42°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani249.86°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:15 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:46 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:32 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:39 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:27 – 04:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:07 – 05:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:34 – 18:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:46 – 19:19
Amṛta Kāla18:31 – 20:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:27

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:42 – 15:23
Yamaganda05:15 – 06:56
Gulika Kāla08:38 – 10:19
Varjyam05:49 – 06:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:15 – 06:56 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:56 – 08:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:38 – 10:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:19 – 12:00 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:00 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:42 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:23 – 17:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:04 – 18:46 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:46 – 20:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:04 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:23 – 22:42 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:42 – 00:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:00 – 01:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:19 – 02:38 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:38 – 03:56 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:56 – 05:15 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869678.27
Julian Day2458143.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1054°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)94.80°
🪷 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 (24.1054°), declination -19.01°, EoT -12.31 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: 2018-01-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)