पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · April 26, 2015 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 13.20 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि।विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसंभवान्।।13.20।।
"13.20 Know thou further that Nature and God have no beginning; and that differences of character and quality have their origin in Nature only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya11.44°MeṣaAśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra102.05°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala24.22°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
बुध Budha27.70°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati108.21°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra52.39°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani219.24°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:46 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:22 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:17 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:56 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 36 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 23 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:49 – 03:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:33 – 04:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta19:10 – 19:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:22 – 19:59
Amṛta Kāla19:07 – 20:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:33 – 19:22
Yamaganda12:04 – 13:54
Gulika Kāla15:43 – 17:33
Varjyam05:23 – 05:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:11 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · 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 Udveg04:46 – 06:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:36 – 08:25 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:25 – 10:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:15 – 12:04 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:04 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:54 – 15:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:43 – 17:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:33 – 19:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:22 – 20:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:33 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:43 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:54 – 00:04 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:04 – 01:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:15 – 02:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:25 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:36 – 04:46 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868673.27
Julian Day2457138.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0669°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)88.73°
🪷 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 (24.0669°), declination 13.36°, EoT 2.16 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: 2015-04-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)