पञ्चाङ्ग — Brisbane, Australia · January 15, 2023 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 14.2 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यमागताः।सर्गेऽपि नोपजायन्ते प्रलये न व्यथन्ति च।।14.2।।
"14.2 Dwelling in Wisdom and realising My Divinity, they are not born again when the universe is re-created at the beginning of every cycle, nor are they affected when it is dissolved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya270.43°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra179.89°KanyāCitrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala43.69°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha254.46°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati338.97°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra290.48°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani299.80°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:07 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:48 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:33 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:17 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 41 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 18 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:17 – 04:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:58 – 05:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:30 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta14:14 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:36 – 19:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:48 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla18:33 – 20:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:30 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:05 – 18:48
Yamaganda11:57 – 13:40
Gulika Kāla15:23 – 17:05
Varjyam05:41 – 06:03
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:07 – 06:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:49 – 08:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:32 – 10:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:15 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:57 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:40 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:23 – 17:05 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:05 – 18:48 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:48 – 20:05 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:05 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:23 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:40 – 23:57 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:57 – 01:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:15 – 02:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:32 – 03:49 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:49 – 05:07 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -27.4698°
Longitude: 153.0251°
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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871494.27
Julian Day2459959.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1748°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)273.17°
🪷 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 (24.1748°), declination -21.20°, EoT -9.35 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: 2023-01-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)