पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 17, 1998 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: 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 13.21 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते।पुरुषः सुखदुःखानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते।।13.21।।
"13.21 Nature is the Law which generates cause and effect; God is the source of the enjoyment of all pleasure and pain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya272.89°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra141.97°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala299.61°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha251.82°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati301.89°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra271.87°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani350.58°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:09 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:24 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:59 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:06 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 15 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 44 Mins 20 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:02 – 07:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:27 – 08:09
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta16:12 – 16:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:24 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla16:09 – 17:54
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:12 – 11:14
Yamaganda13:18 – 14:20
Gulika Kāla08:09 – 09:11
Varjyam08:29 – 08:42
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla08:09 – 09:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha09:11 – 10:12 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:12 – 11:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:14 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:16 – 13:18 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:18 – 14:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:20 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:22 – 16:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:24 – 18:22 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:22 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:20 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:18 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:16 – 02:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:14 – 04:12 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:12 – 06:11 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha06:11 – 08:09 (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)1862365.27 · 5099.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450830.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8257° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)231.67° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (23.8257°) · declination -20.81° · EoT -10.03 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:1998-01-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)