पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 21, 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 2.2 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

कुतस्त्वा कश्मलमिदं विषमे समुपस्थितम्।

अनार्यजुष्टमस्वर्ग्यमकीर्तिकरमर्जुन।।2.2।।
"2.2 "The Lord said: My beloved friend! Why yield, just on the eve of battle, to this weakness which does no credit to those who call themselves Aryans, and only brings them infamy and bars against them the gates of heaven?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.2'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 Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya276.86°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra150.01°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala175.39°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha291.02°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati78.77°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra261.56°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani207.63°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:04 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:31 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:34 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:06 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 27 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 32 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:57 – 07:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:22 – 08:04
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:16
Godhūli Muhūrta16:19 – 16:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:31 – 16:52
Amṛta Kāla16:16 – 18:01
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:24 – 15:28
Yamaganda10:11 – 11:14
Gulika Kāla12:18 – 13:21
Varjyam08:25 – 08:39
Dur Muhūrta 10:02 – 10:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga08:04 – 09:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:07 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:11 – 11:14 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:14 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:18 – 13:21 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:21 – 14:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:24 – 15:28 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:28 – 16:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:31 – 18:28 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:28 – 20:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:24 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:21 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:18 – 02:14 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:14 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:11 – 06:07 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:07 – 08:04 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868213.27
Julian Day2456678.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0493°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)236.65°
🪷 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 (24.0493°), declination -19.95°, EoT -11.26 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: 2014-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)