पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 17, 2021 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 13.10 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
असक्ितरनभिष्वङ्गः पुत्रदारगृहादिषु।नित्यं च समचित्तत्वमिष्टानिष्टोपपत्तिषु।।13.10।।
"13.10 Indifference, non-attachment to sex, progeny or home, equanimity in good fortune and in bad;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya272.99°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra320.19°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala10.42°MeṣaAśvinī P4
बुध Budha289.26°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati282.37°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra256.10°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani279.35°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:02 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:08 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:55 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:33 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 06 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 53 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:09 – 04:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:51 – 05:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:56 – 19:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:08 – 19:44
Amṛta Kāla18:53 – 20:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Yamaganda12:05 – 13:51
Gulika Kāla15:37 – 17:23
Varjyam05:37 – 06:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
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):
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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:02 – 06:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:48 – 08:34 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:34 – 10:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:19 – 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 – 19:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:08 – 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 – 01:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:19 – 02:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:34 – 03:48 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:48 – 05:02 (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 Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870766.27
Julian Day2459231.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1470°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)48.24°
🪷 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 (24.1470°), declination -20.73°, EoT -10.03 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: 2021-01-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)