पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · December 27, 2018 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 11.34 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
द्रोणं च भीष्मं च जयद्रथं च

कर्णं तथाऽन्यानपि योधवीरान्।

मया हतांस्त्वं जहि मा व्यथिष्ठा

युध्यस्व जेतासि रणे सपत्नान्।।11.34।।
"11.34 Drona and Bheeshma, Jayadratha and Karna, and other brave warriors - I have condemned them all. Destroy them; fight and fear not. Thy foes shall be crushed."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya251.10°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra130.28°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala332.21°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha232.28°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati226.56°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra204.30°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani256.57°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:18 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)15:58 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:08 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:01 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 40 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 19 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:16 – 07:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:39 – 08:18
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 Kāla13:05 – 14:03
Yamaganda08:18 – 09:15
Gulika Kāla10:13 – 11:10
Varjyam08:37 – 08:49
Dur Muhūrta 10:05 – 10:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha08:18 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga09:15 – 10:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:13 – 11:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:10 – 12:08 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:08 – 13:05 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:05 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:03 – 15:00 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:00 – 15:58 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta15:58 – 18:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:00 – 20:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:03 – 22:05 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:05 – 00:08 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:08 – 02:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:10 – 04:13 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:13 – 06:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta06:15 – 08:18 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870014.27
Julian Day2458479.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1182°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)236.02°
🪷 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 (24.1182°), declination -23.33°, 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: 2018-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)