पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 27, 2020 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 3.24 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम्।

सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः।।3.24।।
"3.24 And if I were to refrain from action, the human race would be ruined; I should lead the world to chaos, and destruction would follow." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya282.41°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra306.40°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala231.62°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha293.18°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati258.47°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra321.58°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani270.29°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:11 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:05 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:10 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:18 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 53 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 06 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:20 – 04:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:02 – 05:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:53 – 19:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:05 – 19:39
Amṛta Kāla18:50 – 20:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:55 – 08:40
Yamaganda10:24 – 12:08
Gulika Kāla13:52 – 15:36
Varjyam05:46 – 06:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:11 – 06:55 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:55 – 08:40 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:40 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:24 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:08 – 13:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:52 – 15:36 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:36 – 17:20 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:20 – 19:05 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:05 – 20:20 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:20 – 21:36 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:36 – 22:52 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:52 – 00:08 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:08 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:24 – 02:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:40 – 03:55 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:55 – 05:11 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870410.27
Julian Day2458875.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1334°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)26.83°
🪷 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 (24.1334°), declination -18.63°, EoT -12.76 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: 2020-01-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)