पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · December 5, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.46 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
तपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः।

कर्मिभ्यश्चाधिको योगी तस्माद्योगी भवार्जुन।।6.46।।
"6.46 The wise man is superior to the ascetic and to the scholar and to the man of action; therefore be thou a wise man, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.46's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya229.29°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra309.46°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala229.41°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha234.33°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati269.53°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra272.46°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani146.93°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:01 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)15:55 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:09 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:28 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 53 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 06 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:58 – 07:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:21 – 08:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:17 – 13:48
Godhūli Muhūrta15:43 – 16:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā15:55 – 16:15
Amṛta Kāla15:40 – 17:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:59 – 11:58
Yamaganda13:56 – 14:56
Gulika Kāla09:00 – 09:59
Varjyam08:21 – 08:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala08:01 – 09:00 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha09:00 – 09:59 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:59 – 10:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:59 – 11:58 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:58 – 12:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:57 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg13:56 – 14:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala14:56 – 15:55 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga15:55 – 17:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg17:56 – 19:56 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala19:56 – 21:57 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:57 – 23:58 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:58 – 01:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:59 – 03:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:59 – 06:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga06:00 – 08:01 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Śatabhiṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866340.27
Julian Day2454805.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9777°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)84.35°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (23.9777°), declination -22.39°, EoT 8.56 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2008-12-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)