पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 4, 2024 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 5.6 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः।

योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति।।5.6।।
"5.6 Without concentration, O Mighty Man, renunciation is difficult. But the sage who is always meditating on the Divine, before long shall attain the Absolute." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya290.51°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra212.84°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala268.46°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha273.73°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati13.44°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra259.88°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani312.70°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:37 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:32 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:17 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:31 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 54 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 05 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:46 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:27 – 05:37
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:53 – 15:49
Godhūli Muhūrta19:20 – 19:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:32 – 20:06
Amṛta Kāla19:17 – 21:02
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Yamaganda12:34 – 14:19
Gulika Kāla16:03 – 17:47
Varjyam06:12 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:37 – 07:21 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:21 – 09:06 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:06 – 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 – 17:47 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:47 – 19:32 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:32 – 20:47 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:47 – 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 – 03:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:06 – 04:21 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:21 – 05:37 (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 Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871879.27
Julian Day2460344.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1896°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)285.36°
🪷 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 (24.1896°), declination -16.42°, 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: 2024-02-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)