पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 31, 2009 CE

🪷 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 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya287.31°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra341.11°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala272.34°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha267.65°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati282.47°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra333.26°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani146.77°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:50 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:50 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:41 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:10 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 59 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 00 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:38 – 07:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:05 – 07:50
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta16:38 – 17:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:50 – 17:12
Amṛta Kāla16:35 – 18:20
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:05 – 11:12
Yamaganda13:27 – 14:35
Gulika Kāla07:50 – 08:58
Varjyam08:13 – 08:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:50 – 08:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:58 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:05 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:12 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:20 – 13:27 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:27 – 14:35 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:35 – 15:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:42 – 16:50 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:50 – 18:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:42 – 20:35 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:35 – 22:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:27 – 00:20 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:20 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:12 – 04:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:05 – 05:58 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:58 – 07:50 (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

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866397.27
Julian Day2454862.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9799°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)56.42°
🪷 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 (23.9799°), declination -17.39°, EoT -13.53 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: 2009-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)