Method for the direction-dependent measurement of at least one lighting or radiometric characteristic quantity of an optical radiation source installed in an object, wherein the method comprises: - arranging the object on a turntable which has a rotation axis, the rotation axis of the turntable defining a first coordinate system, the origin of which is formed by the point of intersection of the surface of the turntable with the rotation axis and the spatial axis of which coincides with the rotation axis, - wherein the object is arranged on the turntable in such a way that the radiation centroid of the optical radiation source is spaced apart from the origin of the first coordinate system and from the rotation axis, - determining the position of the radiation centroid of the optical radiation source relative to the origin of the first coordinate system as a relative position, - performing a gonioradiometric measurement which comprises rotation of the object about an axis, the gonioradiometric measurement being carried out in the first coordinate system and the object on the turntable being rotated starting from an initial position about the rotation axis of the turntable, and the rotation axis of the turntable constituting the axis of the gonioradiometric measurement, - direction-dependently recording a measurement quantity of the radiation source by means of the gonioradiometric measurement for a multiplicity of emission directions, emission directions which are defined in the first coordinate system respectively being assigned measured values of the measurement quantity, - calculating the measurement quantity for the multiplicity of emission directions in a second coordinate system, in which the radiation centroid of the optical radiation source lies at the origin of the coordinate system, from the direction-dependently recorded values of the measurement quantity which have been ascertained in the first coordinate system and the relative position, - wherein the measurement quantity is the same as the characteristic quantity to be measured or the characteristic quantity to be measured is calculated from the measurement quantity. - arranging the object on a turntable which has a rotation axis, the rotation axis of the turntable defining a first coordinate system, the origin of which is formed by the point of intersection of the surface of the turntable with the rotation axis and the spatial axis of which coincides with the rotation axis, - wherein the object is arranged on the turntable in such a way that the radiation centroid of the optical radiation source is spaced apart from the origin of the first coordinate system and from the rotation axis, - determining the position of the radiation centroid of the optical radiation source relative to the origin of the first coordinate system as a relative position, - performing a gonioradiometric measurement which comprises rotation of the object about an axis, the gonioradiometric measurement being carried out in the first coordinate system and the object on the turntable being rotated starting from an initial position about the rotation axis of the turntable, and the rotation axis of the turntable constituting the axis of the gonioradiometric measurement, - direction-dependently recording a measurement quantity of the radiation source by means of the gonioradiometric measurement for a multiplicity of emission directions, emission directions which are defined in the first coordinate system respectively being assigned measured values of the measurement quantity, - calculating the measurement quantity for the multiplicity of emission directions in a second coordinate system, in which the radiation centroid of the optical radiation source lies at the origin of the coordinate system, from the direction-dependently recorded values of the measurement quantity which have been ascertained in the first coordinate system and the relative position, - wherein the measurement quantity is the same as the characteristic quantity to be measured or the characteristic quantity to be measured is calculated from the measurement quantity.