पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · December 22, 2023 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 4.4 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अपरं भवतो जन्म परं जन्म विवस्वतः।

कथमेतद्विजानीयां त्वमादौ प्रोक्तवानिति।।4.4।।
"4.4 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Viwaswana was born before Thee; how then canst Thou have revealed it to him?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.72°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra4.78°MeṣaAśvinī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala235.50°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha247.17°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.55°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra206.04°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani308.33°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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)12:58 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:05 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 Kāla11:08 – 12:05
Yamaganda14:00 – 14:58
Gulika Kāla09:13 – 10:11
Varjyam08:35 – 08:47
Dur Muhūrta 10:03 – 10:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala08:16 – 09:13 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha09:13 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:11 – 11:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:08 – 12:05 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:05 – 13:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:03 – 14:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:00 – 14:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala14:58 – 15:55 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga15:55 – 17:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg17:58 – 20:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:00 – 22:03 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:03 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:05 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:08 – 04:11 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:11 – 06:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga06:13 – 08:16 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871835.27
Julian Day2460300.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1879°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)118.67°
🪷 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 (24.1879°), 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: 2023-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)