पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 9, 2014 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 1.37 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्।

स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव।।1.37।।
"1.37 We are worthy of a nobler feat than to slaughter our relatives - the sons of Dhritarashtra; for, my Lord, how can we be happy of we kill our kinsmen?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya264.64°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra5.10°MeṣaAśvinī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala170.81°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha271.05°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati80.34°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra268.38°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani206.74°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:15 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:12 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:52 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:59 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 57 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 02 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:11 – 07:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:35 – 08:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta13:33 – 14:05
Godhūli Muhūrta16:00 – 16:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:12 – 16:32
Amṛta Kāla15:57 – 17:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:29

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:13 – 14:13
Yamaganda08:15 – 09:14
Gulika Kāla10:14 – 11:14
Varjyam08:35 – 08:47
Dur Muhūrta 10:06 – 10:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha08:15 – 09:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga09:14 – 10:14 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:14 – 11:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:14 – 12:13 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:13 – 13:13 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:13 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:13 – 15:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:13 – 16:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:12 – 18:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:13 – 20:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:13 – 22:13 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:13 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:13 – 02:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:14 – 04:14 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:14 – 06:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta06:14 – 08:15 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868201.27
Julian Day2456666.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0489°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)97.34°
🪷 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 (24.0489°), declination -22.13°, EoT -7.10 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: 2014-01-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)