पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · December 24, 2017 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 2.33 · 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: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.30°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra311.15°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala194.79°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha228.59°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.20°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra244.17°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani246.20°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:17 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)15:56 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:05 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:31 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 39 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 20 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:16 – 07:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:39 – 08:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:23 – 13:54
Godhūli Muhūrta15:44 – 16:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā15:56 – 16:15
Amṛta Kāla15:41 – 17:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:59 – 15:56
Yamaganda12:06 – 13:04
Gulika Kāla14:01 – 14:59
Varjyam08:36 – 08:48
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg08:17 – 09:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:14 – 10:12 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:12 – 11:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:09 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:06 – 13:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:04 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:01 – 14:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg14:59 – 15:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha15:56 – 17:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga17:59 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:01 – 22:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:04 – 00:06 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:06 – 02:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:09 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:12 – 06:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:14 – 08:17 (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 Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869646.27
Julian Day2458111.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1042°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)66.97°
🪷 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 (24.1042°), declination -23.41°, EoT -0.03 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: 2017-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)