पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 21, 1987 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 any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 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 1.1 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच

धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः।

मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय।।1.1।।
"1.1 The King Dhritarashtra asked: "O Sanjaya! What happened on the sacred battlefield of Kurukshetra, when my people gathered against the Pandavas?"" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2044 Vikrama
Śaka Saṁvat: 1909 Prabhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1394
Malayalam Era: 1163
Nanakshahi: 518
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya276.78°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra163.74°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala345.24°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha282.49°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati328.16°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra230.11°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani233.45°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:05 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:31 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:57 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:34 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 25 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 34 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:57 – 07:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:23 – 08:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:16
Godhūli Muhūrta16:19 – 16:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:31 – 16:52
Amṛta Kāla16:16 – 18:01
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:18 – 13:21
Yamaganda09:08 – 10:11
Gulika Kāla11:14 – 12:18
Varjyam08:26 – 08:39
Dur Muhūrta 10:03 – 10:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha08:05 – 09:08 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta09:08 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:11 – 11:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:14 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:18 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:21 – 14:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:24 – 15:27 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:27 – 16:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:31 – 18:27 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:27 – 20:24 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:24 – 22:21 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:21 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:18 – 02:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:14 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:11 – 06:08 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg06:08 – 08:05 (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 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 Year5088 · Kali-5088
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858351.27 · 5088.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2446816.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6722° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)250.23° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.6722°) · declination -20.05° · EoT -11.26 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:1987-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)