पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 9, 2012 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 1.38 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः।

कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम्।।1.38।।
"1.38 Although these men, blinded by greed, see no guilt in destroying their kin, or fighting against their friends," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya295.66°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra130.39°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala147.20°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha296.75°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati9.47°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra336.74°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani185.23°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:42 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:27 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:02 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:06 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 44 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 15 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:53 – 04:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:34 – 05:42
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:52 – 15:47
Godhūli Muhūrta19:15 – 19:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:27 – 20:01
Amṛta Kāla19:12 – 20:57
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:18 – 16:01
Yamaganda05:42 – 07:26
Gulika Kāla09:09 – 10:52
Varjyam06:17 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:42 – 07:26 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:26 – 09:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:09 – 10:52 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:52 – 12:35 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:35 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:18 – 16:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:01 – 17:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:44 – 19:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:27 – 20:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:44 – 22:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:01 – 23:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:18 – 00:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:35 – 01:52 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:52 – 03:09 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:09 – 04:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:26 – 05:42 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°
Longitude: 144.9631°
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 Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867501.27
Julian Day2455966.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0221°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)193.11°
🪷 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 (24.0221°), declination -14.91°, EoT -14.50 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: 2012-02-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)