पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · December 26, 2011 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.71 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च श्रृणुयादपि यो नरः।सोऽपि मुक्तः शुभाँल्लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम्।।18.71।।
"18.71 Yea, he who listens to it with faith and without doubt, even he, freed from evil, shalt rise to the worlds which the virtuous attain through righteous deeds." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.71's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.87°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra266.64°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala144.31°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha228.02°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.19°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra282.32°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani183.60°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:17 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)15:57 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:16 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:13 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 39 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 20 Mins 15 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:16 – 07:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:39 – 08:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:24 – 13:55
Godhūli Muhūrta15:45 – 16:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā15:57 – 16:16
Amṛta Kāla15:42 – 17:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:15 – 10:12
Yamaganda11:10 – 12:07
Gulika Kāla13:05 – 14:02
Varjyam08:37 – 08:49
Dur Muhūrta 10:05 – 10:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta08:17 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla09:15 – 10:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:12 – 11:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:10 – 12:07 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:07 – 13:05 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:05 – 14:02 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:02 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:00 – 15:57 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala15:57 – 18:00 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:00 – 20:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:02 – 22:05 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:05 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:07 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:10 – 04:12 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:12 – 06:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala06:15 – 08:17 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867456.27
Julian Day2455921.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0204°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)18.08°
🪷 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 (24.0204°), declination -23.38°, EoT -0.96 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: 2011-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)