पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 6, 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 5.8 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित्।

पश्यन् श्रृणवन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपन् श्वसन्।।5.8।।
"5.8 Though the saint sees, hears, touches, smells, eats, moves, sleeps and breathes, yet he knows the Truth, and he knows that it is not he who acts." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.8'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 Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya292.54°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra239.37°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala269.99°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha276.81°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati13.67°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra262.35°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani312.93°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:39 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:30 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:40 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:23 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 50 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 09 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:48 – 04:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:30 – 05:39
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:53 – 15:48
Godhūli Muhūrta19:18 – 19:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:30 – 20:04
Amṛta Kāla19:15 – 21:00
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:02 – 17:46
Yamaganda09:07 – 10:51
Gulika Kāla12:34 – 14:18
Varjyam06:14 – 06:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
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):
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 · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:39 – 07:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:23 – 09:07 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:07 – 10:51 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:51 – 12:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:34 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:18 – 16:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:02 – 17:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:46 – 19:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:30 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:46 – 22:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:02 – 23:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:18 – 00:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:34 – 01:51 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:51 – 03:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:07 – 04:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:23 – 05:39 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871881.27
Julian Day2460346.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1896°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)308.72°
🪷 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 (24.1896°), declination -15.82°, EoT -14.30 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: 2024-02-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)