पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 3, 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 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17'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 Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya289.78°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra269.86°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala357.90°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha292.37°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati233.97°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra244.55°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani260.96°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:36 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:32 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:01 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:28 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 56 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 03 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:44 – 04:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:26 – 05:36
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:54 – 15:49
Godhūli Muhūrta19:20 – 19:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:32 – 20:07
Amṛta Kāla19:17 – 21:02
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:48 – 19:32
Yamaganda12:34 – 14:19
Gulika Kāla16:03 – 17:48
Varjyam06:11 – 06:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:36 – 07:20 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:20 – 09:05 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:05 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:50 – 12:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:34 – 14:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:19 – 16:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:03 – 17:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:48 – 19:32 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:32 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:48 – 22:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:03 – 23:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:19 – 00:34 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:34 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:50 – 03:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:05 – 04:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:20 – 05:36 (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 Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870052.27
Julian Day2458517.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1197°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)339.74°
🪷 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 (24.1197°), declination -16.65°, EoT -13.97 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: 2019-02-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)