पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 4, 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 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।
"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.18'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 Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya290.80°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra281.67°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala358.58°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha294.13°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati234.14°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra245.69°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani261.07°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:37 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:31 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:53 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:02 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 54 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 05 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:46 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:28 – 05:37
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:53 – 15:49
Godhūli Muhūrta19:19 – 19:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:31 – 20:06
Amṛta Kāla19:16 – 21:01
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:21 – 09:06
Yamaganda10:50 – 12:34
Gulika Kāla14:19 – 16:03
Varjyam06:12 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:37 – 07:21 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:21 – 09:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:06 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:50 – 12:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:34 – 14:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:19 – 16:03 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha16:03 – 17:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:47 – 19:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:31 – 20:47 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:47 – 22:03 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta22:03 – 23:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:19 – 00:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:34 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:50 – 03:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:06 – 04:21 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:21 – 05:37 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870053.27
Julian Day2458518.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1197°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)351.39°
🪷 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 -16.36°, EoT -14.09 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: 2019-02-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)