पञ्चाङ्ग — Sydney, Australia · January 17, 2025 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 15.7 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga🪷 Mamaivāṁśo Jīva-Bhūtaḥ · The Jīva is My Fragment
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः।मनःषष्ठानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति।।15.7।।
"15.7 It is only a very small part of My Eternal Self, which is the life of the universe, drawing round itself the six senses, the mind the last, which have their source in Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya272.97°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra130.10°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala91.27°KarkaPunarvasu P4
बुध Budha258.11°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati47.61°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra319.61°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani321.79°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1

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)20:58 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:10 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 06 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 53 Mins 26 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 Kāla10:19 – 12:05
Yamaganda15:37 – 17:23
Gulika Kāla06:48 – 08:34
Varjyam05:37 – 06:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:02 – 06:48 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:48 – 08:34 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:34 – 10:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:19 – 12:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:05 – 13:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:51 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:37 – 17:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:23 – 19:08 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:08 – 20:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:23 – 21:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:37 – 22:51 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:51 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:05 – 01:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:19 – 02:34 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:34 – 03:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:48 – 05:02 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872227.27
Julian Day2460692.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2029°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)218.95°
🪷 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 (24.2029°), declination -20.72°, 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: 2025-01-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)