पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · February 8, 2018 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 3.7 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन।

कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते।।3.7।।
"3.7 But, O Arjuna! All honour to him whose mind controls his senses, for he is thereby beginning to practise Karma-Yoga, the Path of Right Action, keeping himself always unattached." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya295.11°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra209.48°TulāViśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala223.25°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha287.93°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati207.61°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra301.99°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani251.28°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:24 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:55 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:32 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:23 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:36 – 04:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:16 – 05:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:43 – 19:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:55 – 19:29
Amṛta Kāla18:40 – 20:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:51 – 15:33
Yamaganda05:24 – 07:05
Gulika Kāla08:47 – 10:28
Varjyam05:58 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:33 – 09:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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 · 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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:24 – 07:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:05 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:47 – 10:28 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:28 – 12:10 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:10 – 13:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:51 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:33 – 17:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:14 – 18:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:55 – 20:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:14 – 21:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:33 – 22:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:51 – 00:10 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:10 – 01:28 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:28 – 02:47 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:47 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:05 – 05:24 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -33.8688°
Longitude: 151.2093°
Timezone: UTC+10

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869692.27
Julian Day2458157.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1059°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)271.90°
🪷 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 (24.1059°), declination -15.06°, EoT -14.45 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: 2018-02-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)