पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · January 23, 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 6.24 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः।

मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः।।6.24।।
"6.24 Renouncing every desire which imagination can conceive, controlling the senses at every point by the power of mind;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.24'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 Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya278.29°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra238.57°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala290.60°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha294.92°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati152.90°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra317.09°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani357.61°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:23 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:41 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:32 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:14 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 17 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 42 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:29 – 04:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:12 – 05:23
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:55 – 15:52
Godhūli Muhūrta19:29 – 19:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:41 – 20:16
Amṛta Kāla19:26 – 21:11
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:54 – 19:41
Yamaganda12:32 – 14:19
Gulika Kāla16:06 – 17:54
Varjyam05:59 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:23 – 07:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:10 – 08:58 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:58 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:45 – 12:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:32 – 14:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:19 – 16:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:06 – 17:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:54 – 19:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:41 – 20:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:54 – 22:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:06 – 23:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:19 – 00:32 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:32 – 01:45 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:45 – 02:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:58 – 04:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:10 – 05:23 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873328.27
Julian Day2461793.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2450°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)318.79°
🪷 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 (24.2450°), declination -19.59°, EoT -11.81 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: 2028-01-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)