पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 5, 2018 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 3.4 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते।

न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति।।3.4।।
"3.4 No man can attain freedom from activity by refraining from action; nor can he reach perfection by merely refusing to act." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya292.07°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra171.35°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala221.42°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha282.95°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati207.33°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra298.23°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani250.99°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:38 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:30 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:10 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:53 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 51 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 08 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:48 – 04:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:29 – 05:38
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:53 – 15:48
Godhūli Muhūrta19:18 – 19:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:30 – 20:05
Amṛta Kāla19:15 – 21:00
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:22 – 09:06
Yamaganda10:50 – 12:34
Gulika Kāla14:18 – 16:02
Varjyam06:13 – 06:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:38 – 07:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:22 – 09:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:06 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:50 – 12:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:34 – 14:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:18 – 16:02 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha16:02 – 17:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:46 – 19:30 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:30 – 20:46 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:46 – 22:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta22:02 – 23:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:18 – 00:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:34 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:50 – 03:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:06 – 04:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:22 – 05:38 (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 Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869689.27
Julian Day2458154.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1058°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)237.62°
🪷 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 (24.1058°), declination -15.99°, EoT -14.20 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: 2018-02-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)