पञ्चाङ्ग — Perth, Australia · February 1, 2014 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 2.13 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा।

तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति।।2.13।।
"2.13 As the soul experiences in this body infancy, youth and old age, so finally it passes into another. The wise have no delusion about this." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya288.04°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra304.15°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala178.87°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha306.21°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati77.52°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra259.14°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani208.26°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:42 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:19 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:01 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:08 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 37 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 22 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:53 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:34 – 05:42
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 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 Kāla09:06 – 10:48
Yamaganda14:12 – 15:55
Gulika Kāla05:42 – 07:24
Varjyam06:16 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:42 – 07:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:24 – 09:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:06 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:48 – 12:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:30 – 14:12 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:12 – 15:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:55 – 17:37 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:37 – 19:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:19 – 20:37 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:37 – 21:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:55 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:12 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:30 – 01:48 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:48 – 03:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:06 – 04:24 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:24 – 05:42 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868224.27
Julian Day2456689.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0498°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)15.34°
🪷 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 (24.0498°), declination -17.17°, EoT -13.69 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: 2014-02-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)