पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · May 3, 2017 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 14.22 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचप्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव।न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति।।14.22।।
"14.22 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Prince! He who shuns not the Quality which is present, and longs not for that which is absent;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya18.72°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra107.75°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala43.66°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha359.98°MīnaRevatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati170.73°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra337.89°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani242.96°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:31 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:35 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:19 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:39 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 04 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 55 Mins 53 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:31 – 03:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:16 – 04:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:34
Godhūli Muhūrta19:23 – 19:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:35 – 20:13
Amṛta Kāla19:20 – 21:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:03 – 13:56
Yamaganda06:24 – 08:17
Gulika Kāla10:10 – 12:03
Varjyam05:09 – 05:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:02 – 08:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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 Labha04:31 – 06:24 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:24 – 08:17 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:17 – 10:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:10 – 12:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:03 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:56 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:49 – 17:42 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:42 – 19:35 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:35 – 20:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:42 – 21:49 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:49 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:56 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:03 – 01:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:10 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:17 – 03:24 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:24 – 04:31 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869411.27
Julian Day2457876.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0952°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)85.95°
🪷 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 (24.0952°), declination 15.68°, EoT 3.15 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: 2017-05-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)