पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 22, 2017 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 11.31 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो

नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद।

विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं

न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम्।।11.31।।
"11.31 Tell me then who Thou art, that wearest this dreadful Form? I bow before Thee, O Mighty One! Have mercy, I pray, and let me see Thee as Thou wert at first. I do not know what Thou intendest." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya278.11°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra211.08°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala331.01°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha253.82°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.19°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra324.66°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani239.37°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:07 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:07 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:42 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:35 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 59 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 00 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:15 – 04:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:57 – 05:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:55 – 19:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:07 – 19:42
Amṛta Kāla18:52 – 20:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:22 – 19:07
Yamaganda12:07 – 13:52
Gulika Kāla15:37 – 17:22
Varjyam05:42 – 06:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:07 – 06:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:52 – 08:37 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:37 – 10:22 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:22 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:07 – 13:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:52 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:37 – 17:22 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:22 – 19:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:07 – 20:22 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:22 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:37 – 22:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:52 – 00:07 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:07 – 01:22 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:22 – 02:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:37 – 03:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:52 – 05:07 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Daśamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869310.27
Julian Day2457775.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0913°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)291.66°
🪷 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 (24.0913°), declination -19.67°, EoT -11.54 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: 2017-01-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)