पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · February 11, 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 5.13 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी।

नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन्।।5.13।।
"5.13 Mentally renouncing all actions, the self-controlled soul enjoys bliss in this body, the city of the nine gates, neither doing anything himself nor causing anything to be done." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla 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)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya297.60°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra312.92°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala273.82°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha284.71°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati14.28°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra268.53°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani313.52°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:45 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:25 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:05 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:07 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 39 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 20 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:56 – 04:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:46
Godhūli Muhūrta19:13 – 19:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:25 – 19:59
Amṛta Kāla19:10 – 20:55
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:42 – 19:25
Yamaganda12:35 – 14:17
Gulika Kāla16:00 – 17:42
Varjyam06:19 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:23

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:45 – 07:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:27 – 09:10 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:10 – 10:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:52 – 12:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:35 – 14:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:17 – 16:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:00 – 17:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:42 – 19:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:25 – 20:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:42 – 22:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:00 – 23:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:17 – 00:35 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:35 – 01:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:52 – 03:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:10 – 04:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:27 – 05:45 (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)1871886.27
Julian Day2460351.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1898°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)13.27°
🪷 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 (24.1898°), declination -14.24°, EoT -14.58 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: 2024-02-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)