पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 17, 2014 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 1.45 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम्।

यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः।।1.45।।
"1.45 Alas, it is strange that we should be willing to kill our own countrymen and commit a great sin, in order to enjoy the pleasures of a kingdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.45's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya272.79°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra101.88°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala173.95°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha284.41°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati79.27°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra263.55°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani207.35°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:08 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:24 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:03 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:43 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 15 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 44 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:02 – 07:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:27 – 08:08
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta16:12 – 16:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:24 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla16:09 – 17:54
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:14 – 12:16
Yamaganda14:20 – 15:22
Gulika Kāla09:10 – 10:12
Varjyam08:29 – 08:42
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala08:08 – 09:10 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha09:10 – 10:12 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:12 – 11:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:14 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:16 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:18 – 14:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:20 – 15:22 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:22 – 16:24 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:24 – 18:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:22 – 20:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:20 – 22:18 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:18 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:16 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:14 – 04:12 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:12 – 06:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga06:10 – 08:08 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868209.27
Julian Day2456674.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0492°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)190.67°
🪷 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 (24.0492°), declination -20.79°, EoT -10.03 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: 2014-01-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)