पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · January 7, 2009 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.2 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन।

प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः।।8.2।।
"8.2 Who is it who rules the spirit sacrifice in many; and at the time of death how may those who have learned self-control come to the knowledge of Thee?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.89°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra25.47°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala253.99°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha281.86°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati276.83°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra309.66°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani147.54°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī 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)12:41 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:05 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 54 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 05 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:12 – 07:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:36 – 08:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta13:32 – 14:03
Godhūli Muhūrta15:58 – 16:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:10 – 16:30
Amṛta Kāla15:55 – 17:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:13 – 13:12
Yamaganda09:15 – 10:14
Gulika Kāla11:13 – 12:13
Varjyam08:35 – 08:48
Dur Muhūrta 10:06 – 10:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha08:16 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta09:15 – 10:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:14 – 11:13 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:13 – 12:13 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:13 – 13:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:12 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:11 – 15:10 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:10 – 16:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:10 – 18:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:10 – 20:11 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:11 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:12 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:13 – 02:13 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:13 – 04:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:14 – 06:15 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg06:15 – 08:16 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866373.27
Julian Day2454838.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9790°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)125.59°
🪷 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 (23.9790°), declination -22.37°, EoT -6.29 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: 2009-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)