पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 18, 2013 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 10.10 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम्।

ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते।।10.10।।
"10.10 To those who are always devout and who worship Me with love, I give the power of discrimination, which leads them to Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya274.07°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra353.41°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala293.94°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha273.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.15°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra256.92°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani196.36°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:18 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:43 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:06 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:29 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 24 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 35 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:23 – 04:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:06 – 05:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:55 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:31 – 19:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:43 – 20:19
Amṛta Kāla19:28 – 21:13
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:42 – 12:30
Yamaganda16:07 – 17:55
Gulika Kāla07:06 – 08:54
Varjyam05:54 – 06:17
Dur Muhūrta 08:40 – 09:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:18 – 07:06 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:06 – 08:54 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:54 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:42 – 12:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:30 – 14:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:19 – 16:07 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:07 – 17:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:55 – 19:43 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:43 – 20:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:55 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:07 – 23:19 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:19 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:30 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:42 – 02:54 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:54 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:06 – 05:18 (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 Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867845.27
Julian Day2456310.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0353°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)77.47°
🪷 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 (24.0353°), declination -20.54°, EoT -10.35 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: 2013-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)