पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 12, 2016 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 2.22 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय

नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि।

तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा-

न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही।।2.22।।
"2.22 As a man discards his threadbare robes and puts on new, so the Spirit throws off Its worn-out bodies and takes fresh ones." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.17°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra292.46°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala190.29°TulāSvātī P2
बुध Budha272.75°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.41°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra231.20°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani228.00°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:13 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:16 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:19 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:33 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 02 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 57 Mins 15 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:09 – 07:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:33 – 08:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:07
Godhūli Muhūrta16:04 – 16:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:16 – 16:36
Amṛta Kāla16:01 – 17:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:15 – 15:16
Yamaganda10:14 – 11:14
Gulika Kāla12:15 – 13:15
Varjyam08:33 – 08:46
Dur Muhūrta 10:06 – 10:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

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

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:16 – 18:16 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:16 – 20:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:15 – 22:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:15 – 00:15 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:15 – 02:14 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:14 – 04:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:14 – 06:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:14 – 08:13 (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 Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868934.27
Julian Day2457399.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0769°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)23.80°
🪷 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 (24.0769°), declination -21.76°, EoT -8.27 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: 2016-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)