पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 28, 2012 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 1.26 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितृ़नथ पितामहान्।

आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातृ़न्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा।।1.26।।
"1.26 There Arjuna noticed fathers, grandfathers, uncles, cousins, sons, grandsons, teachers, friends;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.48°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra339.31°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.76°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha276.34°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati8.01°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra322.48°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani185.13°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:56 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:43 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:52 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:13 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 47 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 12 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:46 – 07:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:12 – 07:56
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:22
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 Kāla10:08 – 11:13
Yamaganda13:25 – 14:31
Gulika Kāla07:56 – 09:02
Varjyam08:18 – 08:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:59 – 10:16

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 Kāla07:56 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha09:02 – 10:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:08 – 11:13 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:13 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:19 – 13:25 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:25 – 14:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:31 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:37 – 16:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:43 – 18:37 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:37 – 20:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:31 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:25 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:19 – 02:13 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:13 – 04:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:08 – 06:02 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha06:02 – 07:56 (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 Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867489.27
Julian Day2455954.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0217°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)57.37°
🪷 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 (24.0217°), declination -18.39°, 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: 2012-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)