पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 16, 2011 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 9.12 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः।

राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः।।9.12।।
"9.12 Their hopes are vain, their actions worthless, their knowledge futile; they are without sense, deceitful, barbarous and godless." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya271.53°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra42.18°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala275.93°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha248.88°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati334.87°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra224.62°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani172.88°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:16 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:44 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:20 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:05 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 28 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 31 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:20 – 04:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:03 – 05:16
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:55 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:32 – 19:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:44 – 20:20
Amṛta Kāla19:29 – 21:14
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:55 – 19:44
Yamaganda12:30 – 14:18
Gulika Kāla16:07 – 17:55
Varjyam05:52 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:38 – 09:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:16 – 07:04 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:04 – 08:53 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:53 – 10:41 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:41 – 12:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:30 – 14:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:18 – 16:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:07 – 17:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:55 – 19:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:44 – 20:55 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:55 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:07 – 23:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:18 – 00:30 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:30 – 01:41 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:41 – 02:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:53 – 04:04 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:04 – 05:16 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°
Longitude: 144.9631°
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 Śukla Ekādaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867112.27
Julian Day2455577.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0072°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)131.38°
🪷 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 (24.0072°), declination -21.03°, EoT -9.69 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: 2011-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)