पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · August 16, 1997 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
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🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.18 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्।

प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम्।।9.18।।
"9.18 I am the Goal, the Sustainer, the Lord, the Witness, the Home, the Shelter, the Lover and the Origin; I am Life and Death; I am the Fountain and the Seed Imperishable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.41°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra265.79°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala187.24°TulāSvātī P1
बुध Budha142.44°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati292.35°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra154.35°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani356.32°MīnaRevatī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:50 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:31 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:58 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:54 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 41 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 18 Mins 52 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:52 – 03:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:36 – 04:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:37 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta19:19 – 19:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:31 – 20:08
Amṛta Kāla19:16 – 21:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:30 – 10:20
Yamaganda14:00 – 15:51
Gulika Kāla04:50 – 06:40
Varjyam05:26 – 05:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:45

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik 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 Kāla04:50 – 06:40 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:40 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:30 – 10:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:20 – 12:10 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:10 – 14:00 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:00 – 15:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:51 – 17:41 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:41 – 19:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:31 – 20:41 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:41 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:51 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:00 – 00:10 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:10 – 01:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:20 – 02:30 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:30 – 03:40 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:40 – 04:50 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862211.27 · 5098.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450676.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8198° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)147.40° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.8198°) · declination 13.78° · EoT -3.97 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:1997-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)