पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 24, 2023 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 14.11 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते।ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत।।14.11।।
"14.11 When the light of knowledge gleams forth from all the gates of the body, then be sure that Purity prevails." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya279.60°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra310.45°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala44.43°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha255.36°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati340.46°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra301.71°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani300.82°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:01 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:36 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:10 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:34 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 35 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 24 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:52 – 07:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:18 – 08:01
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:24 – 16:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:36 – 16:58
Amṛta Kāla16:21 – 18:06
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:27 – 15:32
Yamaganda10:10 – 11:14
Gulika Kāla12:18 – 13:23
Varjyam08:22 – 08:36
Dur Muhūrta 10:01 – 10:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
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):
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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga08:01 – 09:05 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:05 – 10:10 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:10 – 11:14 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:14 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:18 – 13:23 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:23 – 14:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:27 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:32 – 16:36 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:36 – 18:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:32 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:27 – 22:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:23 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:18 – 02:14 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:14 – 04:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:10 – 06:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:05 – 08:01 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871503.27
Julian Day2459968.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1752°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)28.77°
🪷 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 (24.1752°), declination -19.31°, 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: 2023-01-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)