पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · October 4, 1973 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: महाष्टमी — Mahā-Aṣṭamī (Durgā-Aṣṭamī)
8th day of Śāradīya Navrātri; Mahiṣāsura-mardinī kṣaṇa.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.4 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

कथं भीष्ममहं संख्ये द्रोणं च मधुसूदन।

इषुभिः प्रतियोत्स्यामि पूजार्हावरिसूदन।।2.4।।
"2.4 Arjuna argued: My Lord! How can I, when the battle rages, send an arrow through Bheeshma and Drona, who should receive my reverence?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2030 Akṣaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1895 Pramādī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1380
Malayalam Era: 1149
Nanakshahi: 504
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya167.19°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra252.84°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala14.65°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha188.52°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati279.17°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra210.88°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani71.34°MithunaĀrdrā P2

☀️ Berlin, Germany — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC+1)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:11 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:38 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:48 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:25 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 26 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 33 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:39 – 05:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:14 – 06:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:38 – 18:06
Amṛta Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:20 – 14:46
Yamaganda06:11 – 07:37
Gulika Kāla09:03 – 10:28
Varjyam06:39 – 06:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Śubha06:11 – 07:37 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:37 – 09:03 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:03 – 10:28 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:28 – 11:54 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:54 – 13:20 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:20 – 14:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:46 – 16:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:12 – 17:38 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:38 – 19:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:12 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:46 – 22:20 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:20 – 23:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:54 – 01:28 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:28 – 03:03 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:03 – 04:37 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:37 – 06:11 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 52.52°
Longitude: 13.405°
Timezone: UTC+1

🚶 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 Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5075 · Kali-5075
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1853494.27 · 5074.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441959.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4864° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)87.17° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.4864°) · declination -4.22° · EoT 12.10 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1973-10-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)