पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 24, 2019 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 12.7 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात्।भवामि नचिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम्।।12.7।।
"12.7 O Arjuna! I rescue them from the ocean of life and death, for their minds are fixed on Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya279.62°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra139.49°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala351.12°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha275.35°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati232.19°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra233.30°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani259.85°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:24 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:40 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:29 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:55 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 15 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 44 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:30 – 04:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:13 – 05:24
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:55 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:28 – 19:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:40 – 20:16
Amṛta Kāla19:25 – 21:10
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:19 – 16:06
Yamaganda05:24 – 07:11
Gulika Kāla08:58 – 10:45
Varjyam06:00 – 06:23
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:24 – 07:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:11 – 08:58 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:58 – 10:45 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:45 – 12:32 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:32 – 14:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:19 – 16:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:06 – 17:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:53 – 19:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:40 – 20:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:53 – 22:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:06 – 23:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:19 – 00:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:32 – 01:45 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:45 – 02:58 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:58 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:11 – 05:24 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870042.27
Julian Day2458507.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1193°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)217.03°
🪷 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 (24.1193°), declination -19.31°, EoT -12.06 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: 2019-01-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)