पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 31, 2009 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 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya287.31°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra341.11°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala272.34°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha267.65°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati282.47°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra333.26°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani146.77°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:33 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:35 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:12 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:06 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 01 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 58 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:41 – 04:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:23 – 05:33
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:54 – 15:50
Godhūli Muhūrta19:23 – 19:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:35 – 20:10
Amṛta Kāla19:20 – 21:05
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:03 – 10:48
Yamaganda14:19 – 16:04
Gulika Kāla05:33 – 07:18
Varjyam06:08 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:33 – 07:18 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:18 – 09:03 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:03 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:48 – 12:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:34 – 14:19 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:19 – 16:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:04 – 17:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:49 – 19:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:35 – 20:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:49 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:04 – 23:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:19 – 00:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:34 – 01:48 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:48 – 03:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:03 – 04:18 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:18 – 05:33 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°
Longitude: 144.9631°
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 Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866397.27
Julian Day2454862.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9799°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)56.42°
🪷 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 (23.9799°), declination -17.39°, 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: 2009-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)