पञ्चाङ्ग — Perth, Australia · January 31, 2005 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 6.44 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः।

जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते।।6.44।।
"6.44 Unconsciously he will return to the practices of his old life; so that he who tries to realise spiritual consciousness is certainly superior to one who only talks of it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2062 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1927 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1412
Malayalam Era: 1181
Nanakshahi: 536
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya287.34°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra170.14°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala241.28°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha277.37°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.27°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra272.75°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani88.45°MithunaPunarvasu P3

Perth, Australia — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · SGT/MYT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:19 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:25 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:58 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 38 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 21 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:52 – 04:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:33 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta14:47 – 15:41
Godhūli Muhūrta19:07 – 19:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:19 – 19:53
Amṛta Kāla19:04 – 20:49
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:23 – 09:05
Yamaganda10:48 – 12:30
Gulika Kāla14:12 – 15:55
Varjyam06:15 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:41 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:23 – 09:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:05 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:48 – 12:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:30 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:12 – 15:55 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:55 – 17:37 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:37 – 19:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:19 – 20:37 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:37 – 21:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:55 – 23:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:12 – 00:30 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:30 – 01:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:48 – 03:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:05 – 04:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:23 – 05:41 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: -31.9505°
Longitude: 115.8605°
Timezone: UTC+8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864936.27
Julian Day2453401.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9240°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)246.09°
🪷 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 (23.9240°), declination -17.40°, EoT -13.53 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: 2005-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)