पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 23, 2016 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 2.33 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अथ चैत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि।

ततः स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि।।2.33।।
"2.33 Refuse to fight in this righteous cause, and thou wilt be a traitor, lost to fame, incurring only sin." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.33's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya278.37°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra85.79°MithunaPunarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala196.10°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha261.09°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.08°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra244.69°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani229.06°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:02 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:34 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:16 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:40 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 31 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 28 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:54 – 07:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:20 – 08:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta16:22 – 16:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:34 – 16:55
Amṛta Kāla16:19 – 18:04
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:10 – 11:14
Yamaganda13:22 – 14:26
Gulika Kāla08:02 – 09:06
Varjyam08:24 – 08:37
Dur Muhūrta 10:02 – 10:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla08:02 – 09:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha09:06 – 10:10 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:10 – 11:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:14 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:18 – 13:22 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:22 – 14:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:26 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:30 – 16:34 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:34 – 18:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:30 – 20:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:26 – 22:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:22 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:18 – 02:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:14 – 04:10 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:10 – 06:06 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha06:06 – 08:02 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868945.27
Julian Day2457410.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0773°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)168.86°
🪷 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 (24.0773°), declination -19.61°, EoT -11.81 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: 2016-01-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)