पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 29, 2027 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 17.4 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः।प्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः।।17.4।।
"17.4 The Pure worship the true God; the Passionate, the powers of wealth and magic; the Ignorant, the spirits of the dead and of the lower orders of nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.65°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra189.92°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala133.54°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha301.32°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati119.27°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra238.99°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani345.86°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:36 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:30 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:58 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 06 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 53 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:37 – 04:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:54 – 15:51
Godhūli Muhūrta19:24 – 19:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:36 – 20:12
Amṛta Kāla19:21 – 21:06
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:48 – 12:33
Yamaganda16:05 – 17:51
Gulika Kāla07:16 – 09:02
Varjyam06:05 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:30 – 07:16 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:16 – 09:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:02 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:48 – 12:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:33 – 14:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:19 – 16:05 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:05 – 17:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:51 – 19:36 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:36 – 20:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:51 – 22:05 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:05 – 23:19 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:19 – 00:33 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:33 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:48 – 03:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:02 – 04:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:16 – 05:30 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872969.27
Julian Day2461434.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2312°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)262.44°
🪷 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 (24.2312°), declination -18.04°, EoT -13.17 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: 2027-01-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)