पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · May 9, 1996 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.22 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः।आचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम्।।16.22।।
"16.22 These are the gates which lead to darkness; if a man avoid them he will ensure his own welfare, and in the end will attain his liberation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya24.90°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra279.37°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala10.96°MeṣaAśvinī P4
बुध Budha34.05°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra62.36°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani339.72°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:20 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:45 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:46 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:16 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 25 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 34 Mins 33 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:17 – 03:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:03 – 04:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta14:37 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta19:33 – 19:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:45 – 20:24
Amṛta Kāla19:30 – 21:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:58 – 15:54
Yamaganda04:20 – 06:16
Gulika Kāla08:11 – 10:07
Varjyam04:59 – 05:23
Dur Muhūrta 07:56 – 08:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:20 – 06:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:16 – 08:11 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:11 – 10:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:07 – 12:03 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:03 – 13:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:58 – 15:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:54 – 17:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:50 – 19:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:45 – 20:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:50 – 21:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:54 – 22:58 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:58 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:03 – 01:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:07 – 02:11 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:11 – 03:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:16 – 04:20 (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 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861747.27 · 5097.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450212.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8020° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)252.63° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (23.8020°) · declination 17.39° · EoT 3.63 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:1996-05-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)