पञ्चाङ्ग — Perth, Australia · January 31, 2012 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 1.29 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति।

वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते।।1.29।।
"1.29 My limbs fail me and my throat is parched, my body trembles and my hair stands on end." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.29's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya286.53°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra15.10°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.55°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha281.29°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati8.34°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra326.06°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani185.18°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:40 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:20 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:59 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:50 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 39 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 20 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:51 – 04:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:32 – 05:40
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta14:47 – 15:41
Godhūli Muhūrta19:08 – 19:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:20 – 19:54
Amṛta Kāla19:05 – 20:50
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:55 – 17:37
Yamaganda09:05 – 10:48
Gulika Kāla12:30 – 14:13
Varjyam06:14 – 06:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:40 – 07:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:23 – 09:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:05 – 10:48 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:48 – 12:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:30 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:13 – 15:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:55 – 17:37 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:37 – 19:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:20 – 20:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:37 – 21:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:55 – 23:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:13 – 00:30 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:30 – 01:48 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:48 – 03:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:05 – 04:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:23 – 05:40 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867492.27
Julian Day2455957.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0218°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.40°
🪷 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 (24.0218°), declination -17.59°, 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: 2012-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)