पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · December 27, 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 11.5 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga🪷 Paśya Me Pārtha Rūpāṇi · Behold My Forms
श्री भगवानुवाच

पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।

नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च।।11.5।।
"11.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Behold, O Arjuna! My celestial forms, by hundred and thousands, various in kind, in colour and in shape." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya251.62°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra226.75°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala311.44°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha255.50°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.99°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra297.73°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani236.52°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:17 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)15:58 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:31 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:25 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 40 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 19 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:16 – 07:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:39 – 08:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:25 – 13:55
Godhūli Muhūrta15:46 – 16:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā15:58 – 16:17
Amṛta Kāla15:43 – 17:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:03 – 15:01
Yamaganda10:13 – 11:10
Gulika Kāla12:08 – 13:05
Varjyam08:37 – 08:49
Dur Muhūrta 10:05 – 10:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (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):
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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga08:17 – 09:15 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:15 – 10:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:13 – 11:10 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:10 – 12:08 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:08 – 13:05 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:05 – 14:03 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:03 – 15:01 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:01 – 15:58 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla15:58 – 18:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:01 – 20:03 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:03 – 22:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:05 – 00:08 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:08 – 02:10 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:10 – 04:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:13 – 06:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:15 – 08:17 (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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869284.27
Julian Day2457749.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0903°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)333.96°
🪷 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 (24.0903°), declination -23.31°, EoT -1.42 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: 2016-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)