पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 21, 2028 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 6.22 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः।

यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते।।6.22।।
"6.22 Finding That, he will realise that there is no possession so precious. And when once established here, no calamity can disturb him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya276.26°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra213.38°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala289.02°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha294.06°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati152.96°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra314.69°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani357.51°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:21 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:42 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:12 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:27 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 20 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 39 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:26 – 04:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:09 – 05:21
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:55 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:30 – 19:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:42 – 20:18
Amṛta Kāla19:27 – 21:12
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 01:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:44 – 12:31
Yamaganda16:07 – 17:54
Gulika Kāla07:09 – 08:56
Varjyam05:57 – 06:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:42 – 09:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:21 – 07:09 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:09 – 08:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:56 – 10:44 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:44 – 12:31 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:31 – 14:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:19 – 16:07 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:07 – 17:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:54 – 19:42 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:42 – 20:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:54 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:07 – 23:19 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:19 – 00:31 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:31 – 01:44 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:44 – 02:56 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:56 – 04:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:09 – 05:21 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Daśamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873326.27
Julian Day2461791.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2449°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)294.58°
🪷 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 (24.2449°), declination -20.04°, 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: 2028-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)