पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · August 20, 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: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.24 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
संजय उवाच

एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो गुडाकेशेन भारत।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये स्थापयित्वा रथोत्तमम्।।1.24।।
"1.24 Sanjaya said: "Having listened to the request of Arjuna, Lord Shri Krishna drew up His bright chariot exactly in the midst between the two armies," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya123.01°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra98.92°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala95.71°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha113.08°KarkaAśleṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati332.51°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra104.35°KarkaPuṣya P4
शनि Śani9.73°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:56 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:23 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:38 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:28 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 26 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 33 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:00 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:44 – 04:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:32
Godhūli Muhūrta19:11 – 19:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:23 – 19:59
Amṛta Kāla19:08 – 20:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:38

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:58 – 15:46
Yamaganda04:56 – 06:44
Gulika Kāla08:33 – 10:21
Varjyam05:32 – 05:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:56 – 06:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:44 – 08:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:33 – 10:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:21 – 12:09 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:09 – 13:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:58 – 15:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:46 – 17:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:35 – 19:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:23 – 20:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:35 – 21:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:46 – 22:58 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:58 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:09 – 01:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:21 – 02:33 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:33 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:44 – 04:56 (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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862580.27 · 5099.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451045.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8339° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)336.45° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.8339°) · declination 12.57° · EoT -3.05 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:1998-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)