पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · December 25, 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 2.34 · 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: 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 Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.32°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra323.51°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala195.41°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha228.81°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.38°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra245.43°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani246.32°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:17 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)15:57 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:25 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:42 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 39 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 20 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:16 – 07:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:39 – 08:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:23 – 13:54
Godhūli Muhūrta15:45 – 16:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā15:57 – 16:16
Amṛta Kāla15:42 – 17:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:15 – 10:12
Yamaganda11:09 – 12:07
Gulika Kāla13:04 – 14:02
Varjyam08:36 – 08:48
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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 · 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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta08:17 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla09:15 – 10:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:12 – 11:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:09 – 12:07 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:07 – 13:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:04 – 14:02 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:02 – 14:59 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta14:59 – 15:57 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala15:57 – 17:59 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha17:59 – 20:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:02 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:04 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:07 – 02:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:09 – 04:12 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:12 – 06:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala06:15 – 08:17 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869647.27
Julian Day2458112.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1042°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)78.38°
🪷 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 -23.39°, EoT -0.49 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: 2017-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)