पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 28, 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 10.20 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः।

अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च।।10.20।।
"10.20 O Arjuna! I am the Self, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning and the life, and I am the end of them all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.24°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra114.02°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala301.84°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha290.78°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati41.89°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra269.45°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani196.82°TulāSvātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:29 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:37 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:59 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:26 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 07 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 52 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:36 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:19 – 05:29
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:54 – 15:51
Godhūli Muhūrta19:25 – 19:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:37 – 20:12
Amṛta Kāla19:22 – 21:07
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:15 – 09:01
Yamaganda10:47 – 12:33
Gulika Kāla14:19 – 16:05
Varjyam06:05 – 06:27
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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):
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:29 – 07:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:15 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:01 – 10:47 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:47 – 12:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:33 – 14:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:19 – 16:05 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha16:05 – 17:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:51 – 19:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:37 – 20:51 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:51 – 22:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta22:05 – 23:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:19 – 00:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:33 – 01:47 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:47 – 03:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:01 – 04:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:15 – 05:29 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867855.27
Julian Day2456320.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0357°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)189.98°
🪷 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 (24.0357°), declination -18.19°, EoT -12.97 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: 2013-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)