पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · December 15, 2013 CE

Also observed today

प्रदोष व्रत · Pradoṣa VrataShaiva

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 1.12 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga

तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः।

सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्।।1.12।।

"1.12 Then to enliven his spirits, the brave Grandfather Bheeshma, eldest of the Kuru-clan, blew his conch, till it sounded like a lion's roar." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 1.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)	Taitila
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	239.17°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra	33.02°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	159.38°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha	231.03°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	83.56°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra	273.84°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani	204.37°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	08:11 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	15:53 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:02 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	14:23 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)	06:12 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	7 Hours 41 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	16 Hours 18 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	07:10 – 07:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	07:33 – 08:11
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:47 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:19 – 13:50
Godhūli Muhūrta	15:41 – 16:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	15:53 – 16:12
Amṛta Kāla	15:38 – 17:23
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:47 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:55 – 15:53
Yamaganda	12:02 – 13:00
Gulika Kāla	13:58 – 14:55
Varjyam	08:31 – 08:43
Dur Muhūrta	09:59 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	08:11 – 09:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	09:09 – 10:07 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	10:07 – 11:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	11:05 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:02 – 13:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:00 – 13:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	13:58 – 14:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	14:55 – 15:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	15:53 – 17:55 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	17:55 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	19:58 – 22:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:00 – 00:02 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:02 – 02:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	02:05 – 04:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	04:07 – 06:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	06:09 – 08:11 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.52°

Longitude: 13.405°

Timezone: UTC+1

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868176.27
Julian Day	2456641.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0479°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	153.63°

🪷 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 (24.0479°), declination -23.26°, EoT 4.18 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: 2013-12-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)