पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 21, 2021 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 13.14 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
सर्वतः पाणिपादं तत्सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम्।सर्वतः श्रुतिमल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति।।13.14।।
"13.14 Everywhere are Its hands and Its feet; everywhere It has eyes that see, heads that think and mouths that speak; everywhere It listens; It dwells in all the worlds; It envelops them all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya277.07°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra8.89°MeṣaAśvinī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala12.43°MeṣaAśvinī P4
बुध Budha294.91°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati283.31°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra261.12°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani279.83°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:41 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:15 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:02 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 19 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 40 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:27 – 04:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:10 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:55 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:29 – 19:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:41 – 20:17
Amṛta Kāla19:26 – 21:11
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 01:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:19 – 16:06
Yamaganda05:22 – 07:09
Gulika Kāla08:56 – 10:44
Varjyam05:57 – 06:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:42 – 09:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:22 – 07:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:09 – 08:56 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:56 – 10:44 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:44 – 12:31 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:31 – 14:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:19 – 16:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:06 – 17:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:54 – 19:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:41 – 20:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:54 – 22:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:06 – 23:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:19 – 00:31 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:31 – 01:44 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:44 – 02:56 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:56 – 04:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:09 – 05:22 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870770.27
Julian Day2459235.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1471°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)91.72°
🪷 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 (24.1471°), declination -19.89°, EoT -11.26 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: 2021-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)