पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 24, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.8 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे।।4.8।।
"4.8 To protect the righteous, to destroy the wicked and to establish the kingdom of God, I am reborn from age to age." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya279.86°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra170.72°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala245.20°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha278.12°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati311.23°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra257.06°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani290.42°MakaraŚravaṇa P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:00 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:37 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:29 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:35 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 36 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 23 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:52 – 07:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:17 – 08:00
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:25 – 16:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:37 – 16:58
Amṛta Kāla16:22 – 18:07
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:05 – 10:09
Yamaganda11:14 – 12:18
Gulika Kāla13:23 – 14:27
Varjyam08:22 – 08:36
Dur Muhūrta 10:01 – 10:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta08:00 – 09:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla09:05 – 10:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:09 – 11:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:14 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:18 – 13:23 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:23 – 14:27 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:27 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:32 – 16:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:37 – 18:32 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:32 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:27 – 22:23 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:23 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:18 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:14 – 04:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:09 – 06:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala06:05 – 08:00 (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 Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871138.27
Julian Day2459603.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1612°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)253.23°
🪷 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 (24.1612°), declination -19.25°, EoT -12.06 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: 2022-01-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)