पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · December 22, 2019 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 2.60 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।

इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः।।2.60।।
"2.60 O Arjuna! The mind of him, who is trying to conquer it, is forcibly carried away in spite of his efforts, by his tumultuous senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.60's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.74°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra192.95°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala207.30°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha234.47°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati250.27°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra277.76°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani266.06°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:16 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)15:55 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:45 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:23 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 38 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 21 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:15 – 07:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:38 – 08:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:22 – 13:53
Godhūli Muhūrta15:43 – 16:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā15:55 – 16:14
Amṛta Kāla15:40 – 17:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:21

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:58 – 15:55
Yamaganda12:05 – 13:03
Gulika Kāla14:00 – 14:58
Varjyam08:35 – 08:47
Dur Muhūrta 10:03 – 10:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg08:16 – 09:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:13 – 10:11 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:11 – 11:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:08 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:05 – 13:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:03 – 14:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:00 – 14:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg14:58 – 15:55 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha15:55 – 17:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga17:58 – 20:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:00 – 22:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:03 – 00:05 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:05 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:08 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:11 – 06:13 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:13 – 08:16 (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 Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870374.27
Julian Day2458839.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1320°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)307.81°
🪷 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 (24.1320°), declination -23.44°, EoT 0.91 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: 2019-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)