पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 21, 2023 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 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।
"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya276.54°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra264.65°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala44.08°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha253.94°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati339.94°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra297.97°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani300.48°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:05 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:07 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:12 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:25 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 01 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 58 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:13 – 04:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:55 – 05:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:55 – 19:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:07 – 19:42
Amṛta Kāla18:52 – 20:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:36 – 10:21
Yamaganda13:52 – 15:37
Gulika Kāla05:05 – 06:51
Varjyam05:41 – 06:03
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: 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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:05 – 06:51 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:51 – 08:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:36 – 10:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:21 – 12:06 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:06 – 13:52 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:52 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:37 – 17:22 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:22 – 19:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:07 – 20:22 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:22 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:37 – 22:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:52 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:06 – 01:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:21 – 02:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:36 – 03:51 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:51 – 05:05 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871500.27
Julian Day2459965.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1751°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)348.44°
🪷 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 (24.1751°), declination -19.99°, EoT -11.26 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: 2023-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)