पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 28, 2011 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 9.24 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च।

न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते।।9.24।।
"9.24 I am the willing recipient of sacrifice, and I am its true Lord. But these do not know me in truth, and so they sink back." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.74°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra212.66°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala285.33°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha265.45°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati337.02°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra237.69°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani172.97°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:55 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:43 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:20 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:50 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 47 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 12 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:45 – 07:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:11 – 07:55
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta16:31 – 16:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:43 – 17:05
Amṛta Kāla16:28 – 18:13
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:13 – 12:19
Yamaganda14:31 – 15:37
Gulika Kāla09:01 – 10:07
Varjyam08:17 – 08:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:59 – 10:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:55 – 09:01 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha09:01 – 10:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:07 – 11:13 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:13 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:19 – 13:25 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:25 – 14:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:31 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:37 – 16:43 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:43 – 18:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:37 – 20:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:31 – 22:25 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:25 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:19 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:13 – 04:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:07 – 06:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga06:01 – 07:55 (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 Kṛṣṇa Navamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867124.27
Julian Day2455589.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0077°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)286.79°
🪷 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 (24.0077°), declination -18.33°, EoT -12.97 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: 2011-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)