पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 16, 1974 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
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।

अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।
"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2031 Prabhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1896 Ānanda
Bengali Saṁvat: 1381
Malayalam Era: 1150
Nanakshahi: 505
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya272.03°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra190.81°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala15.46°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha276.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati294.60°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra284.84°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani66.14°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:10 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:22 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:57 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:45 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 12 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 47 Mins 21 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:04 – 07:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:29 – 08:10
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta16:10 – 16:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:22 – 16:43
Amṛta Kāla16:07 – 17:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:32

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:16 – 13:18
Yamaganda09:11 – 10:13
Gulika Kāla11:14 – 12:16
Varjyam08:30 – 08:43
Dur Muhūrta 10:05 – 10:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical 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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha08:10 – 09:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta09:11 – 10:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:13 – 11:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:14 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:16 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:18 – 14:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:19 – 15:21 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:21 – 16:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:22 – 18:21 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:21 – 20:19 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:19 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:18 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:16 – 02:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:14 – 04:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:13 – 06:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg06:11 – 08:10 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Svātī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa 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)1853598.27 · 5075.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2442063.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4904° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)275.46° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (23.4904°) · declination -21.03° · EoT -9.69 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:1974-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)