पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 24, 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 2.34 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्।

संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते।।2.34।।
"2.34 Men will talk forever of thy disgrace; and to the noble, dishonour is worse than death." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya279.39°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra98.93°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala196.62°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha260.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.03°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra245.92°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani229.15°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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)16:22 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:11 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 34 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 25 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:53 – 07:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:18 – 08:01
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:24 – 16:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:36 – 16:57
Amṛta Kāla16:21 – 18:06
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:31 – 16:36
Yamaganda12:18 – 13:23
Gulika Kāla14:27 – 15:31
Varjyam08:23 – 08:36
Dur Muhūrta 10:01 – 10:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · 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 Udveg08:01 – 09:05 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:05 – 10:10 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:10 – 11:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:14 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:18 – 13:23 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:23 – 14:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:27 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:31 – 16:36 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:36 – 18:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:31 – 20:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:27 – 22:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:23 – 00:18 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:18 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:14 – 04:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:10 – 06:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:05 – 08:01 (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 Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868946.27
Julian Day2457411.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0774°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)181.27°
🪷 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 (24.0774°), declination -19.38°, 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: 2016-01-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)