पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · December 25, 2022 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 13.16 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
बहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च।सूक्ष्मत्वात्तदविज्ञेयं दूरस्थं चान्तिके च तत्।।13.16।।
"13.16 It is within all beings, yet outside; motionless yet moving; too subtle to be perceived; far away yet always near." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.04°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra271.99°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala46.03°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha268.40°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati336.26°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra264.19°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani297.65°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā 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)09:34 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:44 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 39 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 20 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:16 – 07:47
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 Kāla14:59 – 15:57
Yamaganda12:07 – 13:04
Gulika Kāla14:02 – 14:59
Varjyam08:36 – 08:49
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg08:17 – 09:15 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:15 – 10:12 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:12 – 11:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:09 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:07 – 13:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:04 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:02 – 14:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg14:59 – 15:57 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha15:57 – 17:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga17:59 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:02 – 22:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:04 – 00:07 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:07 – 02:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:09 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:12 – 06:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:15 – 08:17 (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 Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871473.27
Julian Day2459938.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1740°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)20.65°
🪷 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 (24.1740°), declination -23.40°, 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: 2022-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)