पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 11, 2012 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 1.9 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अन्ये च बहवः शूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः।

नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः।।1.9।।
"1.9 And many others, all ready to die for my sake; all armed, all skilled in war." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.18°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra107.37°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala147.87°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha249.83°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.63°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra301.92°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani184.56°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:14 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:15 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:58 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:20 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 00 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 59 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:10 – 07:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:34 – 08:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:06
Godhūli Muhūrta16:03 – 16:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:15 – 16:35
Amṛta Kāla16:00 – 17:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:30

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:14 – 13:14
Yamaganda09:14 – 10:14
Gulika Kāla11:14 – 12:14
Varjyam08:34 – 08:47
Dur Muhūrta 10:06 – 10:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha08:14 – 09:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta09:14 – 10:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:14 – 11:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:14 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:14 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:14 – 14:14 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:14 – 15:14 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:14 – 16:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:15 – 18:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:14 – 20:14 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:14 – 22:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:14 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:14 – 02:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:14 – 04:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:14 – 06:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg06:14 – 08:14 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867472.27
Julian Day2455937.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0210°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)200.68°
🪷 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 (24.0210°), declination -21.92°, EoT -7.89 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: 2012-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)