पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · December 18, 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 10.8 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga🪷 Ahaṁ Sarvasya Prabhavo · the source of all
अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते।

इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विताः।।10.8।।
"10.8 I am the source of all; from Me everything flows. Therefore the wise worship Me with unchanging devotion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.96°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra191.31°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala285.84°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha247.15°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.65°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra254.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani215.07°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:14 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)15:53 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:49 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:33 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 39 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 20 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:12 – 07:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:35 – 08:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:20 – 13:51
Godhūli Muhūrta15:41 – 16:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā15:53 – 16:13
Amṛta Kāla15:38 – 17:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:01 – 13:59
Yamaganda08:14 – 09:11
Gulika Kāla10:09 – 11:06
Varjyam08:33 – 08:45
Dur Muhūrta 10:01 – 10:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha08:14 – 09:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga09:11 – 10:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:09 – 11:06 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:06 – 12:04 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:04 – 13:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:01 – 13:59 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla13:59 – 14:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha14:56 – 15:53 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta15:53 – 17:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla17:56 – 19:59 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha19:59 – 22:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:01 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:04 – 02:06 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:06 – 04:09 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:09 – 06:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta06:11 – 08:14 (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 Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868544.27
Julian Day2457009.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0620°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)309.97°
🪷 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 (24.0620°), declination -23.38°, EoT 2.79 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: 2014-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)