पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 24, 2015 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 11.3 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर।

द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम।।11.3।।
"11.3 I believe all as Thou hast declared it. I long now to have a vision of thy Divine Form, O Thou Most High!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya279.65°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra328.34°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala314.76°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha292.31°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati114.57°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra301.26°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani218.62°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:01 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:36 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:45 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:21 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 35 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 24 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:52 – 07:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:18 – 08:01
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:24 – 16:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:36 – 16:58
Amṛta Kāla16:21 – 18:06
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:10 – 11:14
Yamaganda13:23 – 14:27
Gulika Kāla08:01 – 09:05
Varjyam08:22 – 08:36
Dur Muhūrta 10:01 – 10:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla08:01 – 09:05 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha09:05 – 10:10 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:10 – 11:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:14 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:18 – 13:23 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:23 – 14:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:27 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:32 – 16:36 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:36 – 18:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:32 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:27 – 22:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:23 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:18 – 02:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:14 – 04:10 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:10 – 06:05 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha06:05 – 08:01 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868581.27
Julian Day2457046.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0634°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)45.41°
🪷 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 (24.0634°), declination -19.32°, EoT -12.06 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: 2015-01-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)