पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 15, 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 1.13 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः।

सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत्।।1.13।।
"1.13 And immediately all the conches and drums, the trumpets and horns, blared forth in tumultuous uproar." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya270.25°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra162.74°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.38°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha255.84°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.88°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra306.79°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani184.74°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:59 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:44 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:04 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 10 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 49 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:06 – 04:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:49 – 04:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:45
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:23 – 19:10
Yamaganda12:05 – 13:51
Gulika Kāla15:37 – 17:23
Varjyam05:35 – 05:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:59 – 06:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:46 – 08:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:32 – 10:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:18 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:05 – 13:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:51 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:37 – 17:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:23 – 19:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:10 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:23 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:37 – 22:51 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:51 – 00:05 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:05 – 01:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:18 – 02:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:32 – 03:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:46 – 04:59 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -33.8688°
Longitude: 151.2093°
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 Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867476.27
Julian Day2455941.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0212°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)252.40°
🪷 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 (24.0212°), declination -21.26°, EoT -9.35 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: 2012-01-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)