पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 11, 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 10.4 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसंमोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः।

सुखं दुःखं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च।।10.4।।
"10.4 Intelligence, wisdom, non-illusion, forgiveness, truth, self-control, calmness, pleasure, pain, birth, death, fear and fearlessness;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.4'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 Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya297.94°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra24.90°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala296.36°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha287.26°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati339.82°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra253.55°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani172.75°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:45 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:24 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:16 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:29 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 39 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 20 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:56 – 04:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:46
Godhūli Muhūrta19:12 – 19:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:24 – 19:59
Amṛta Kāla19:09 – 20:54
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:52 – 12:35
Yamaganda16:00 – 17:42
Gulika Kāla07:27 – 09:10
Varjyam06:19 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:45 – 07:27 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:27 – 09:10 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:10 – 10:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:52 – 12:35 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:35 – 14:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:17 – 16:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:00 – 17:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:42 – 19:24 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:24 – 20:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:42 – 22:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:00 – 23:17 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:17 – 00:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:35 – 01:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:52 – 03:10 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:10 – 04:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:27 – 05:45 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°
Longitude: 144.9631°
Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī + Kṛttikā)
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867138.27
Julian Day2455603.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0082°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.24°
🪷 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 (24.0082°), declination -14.19°, EoT -14.58 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: 2011-02-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)