पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 8, 2024 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 4.21 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः।

शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्।।4.21।।
"4.21 Expecting nothing, his mind and personality controlled, without greed, doing bodily actions only; though he acts, yet he remains untainted." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.04°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra217.97°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala248.08°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha239.80°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.52°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra226.68°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani309.80°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:16 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:10 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:05 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:20 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 54 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 05 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:12 – 07:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:36 – 08:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta13:32 – 14:04
Godhūli Muhūrta15:58 – 16:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:10 – 16:30
Amṛta Kāla15:55 – 17:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:29

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:15 – 10:14
Yamaganda11:14 – 12:13
Gulika Kāla13:12 – 14:12
Varjyam08:35 – 08:48
Dur Muhūrta 10:06 – 10:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-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):
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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

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

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:10 – 18:11 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:11 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:12 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:12 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:13 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:14 – 04:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:14 – 06:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala06:15 – 08:16 (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 Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871852.27
Julian Day2460317.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1885°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)315.67°
🪷 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 (24.1885°), declination -22.33°, EoT -6.70 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: 2024-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)