पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 9, 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 2.21 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्।

कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम्।।2.21।।
"2.21 He who knows the Spirit as Indestructible, Immortal, Unborn, Always-the-Same, how should he kill or cause to be killed?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.21'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 Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya296.15°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra51.16°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala180.85°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha308.72°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati76.78°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra260.42°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani208.61°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:43 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:26 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:27 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:03 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 43 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 16 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:53 – 04:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:34 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:52 – 15:47
Godhūli Muhūrta19:14 – 19:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:26 – 20:01
Amṛta Kāla19:11 – 20:56
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:43 – 19:26
Yamaganda12:35 – 14:18
Gulika Kāla16:00 – 17:43
Varjyam06:17 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:23

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:43 – 07:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:26 – 09:09 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:09 – 10:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:52 – 12:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:35 – 14:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:18 – 16:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:00 – 17:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:43 – 19:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:26 – 20:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:43 – 22:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:00 – 23:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:18 – 00:35 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:35 – 01:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:52 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:09 – 04:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:26 – 05:43 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868232.27
Julian Day2456697.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0501°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)112.46°
🪷 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 (24.0501°), declination -14.75°, 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: 2014-02-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)