पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 12, 2020 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 3.9 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः।

तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसंगः समाचर।।3.9।।
"3.9 In this world people are fettered by action, unless it is performed as a sacrifice. Therefore, O Arjuna, let thy acts be done without attachment, as sacrifice only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.14°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra103.49°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala221.43°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha267.78°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati255.09°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra303.47°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani268.52°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:13 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:16 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:33 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:07 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 02 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 57 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:09 – 07:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:33 – 08:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:07
Godhūli Muhūrta16:04 – 16:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:16 – 16:36
Amṛta Kāla16:01 – 17:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:16 – 16:16
Yamaganda12:15 – 13:15
Gulika Kāla14:15 – 15:16
Varjyam08:33 – 08:46
Dur Muhūrta 10:06 – 10:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (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 · 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 Udveg08:13 – 09:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:14 – 10:14 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:14 – 11:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:14 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:15 – 13:15 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:15 – 14:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:15 – 15:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:16 – 16:16 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:16 – 18:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:16 – 20:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:15 – 22:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:15 – 00:15 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:15 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:14 – 04:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:14 – 06:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:14 – 08:13 (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)1870395.27
Julian Day2458860.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1328°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)194.53°
🪷 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 (24.1328°), declination -21.75°, EoT -8.27 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: 2020-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)