पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 7, 2014 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 2.19 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।
"2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya294.12°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra26.72°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala180.40°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha309.14°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati76.95°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra259.88°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani208.53°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:28 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:40 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:50 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 47 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 12 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:50 – 04:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:32 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:52 – 15:48
Godhūli Muhūrta19:16 – 19:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:28 – 20:03
Amṛta Kāla19:13 – 20:58
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:51 – 12:35
Yamaganda16:01 – 17:45
Gulika Kāla07:24 – 09:08
Varjyam06:15 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:41 – 07:24 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:24 – 09:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:08 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:51 – 12:35 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:35 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:18 – 16:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:01 – 17:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:45 – 19:28 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:28 – 20:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:45 – 22:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:01 – 23:18 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:18 – 00:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:35 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:51 – 03:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:08 – 04:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:24 – 05:41 (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 + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868230.27
Julian Day2456695.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0500°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.79°
🪷 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 (24.0500°), declination -15.38°, EoT -14.38 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: 2014-02-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)