पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · May 7, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।

अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।
"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya22.37°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra111.39°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala165.81°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha34.57°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati81.17°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra340.31°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani206.01°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:24 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:42 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:26 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:32 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 17 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 42 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:22 – 03:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:08 – 04:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:36 – 15:37
Godhūli Muhūrta19:30 – 19:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:42 – 20:20
Amṛta Kāla19:27 – 21:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:03 – 13:58
Yamaganda06:19 – 08:14
Gulika Kāla10:08 – 12:03
Varjyam05:02 – 05:27
Dur Muhūrta 07:58 – 08:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:24 – 06:19 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:19 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:14 – 10:08 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:08 – 12:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:03 – 13:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:58 – 15:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:52 – 17:47 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:47 – 19:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:42 – 20:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:47 – 21:52 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:52 – 22:58 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:58 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:03 – 01:08 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:08 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:14 – 03:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:19 – 04:24 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868319.27
Julian Day2456784.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0534°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.04°
🪷 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 (24.0534°), declination 16.75°, EoT 3.51 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: 2014-05-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)