पञ्चाङ्ग — Berlin, Germany · August 28, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: इन्दिरा एकादशी — Indirā Ekādaśī
Falls in Pitṛ Pakṣa; liberates ancestors from naraka.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.18 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम्।

आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम्।।7.18।।
"7.18 Noble-minded are they all, but the wise man I hold as my own Self; for he, remaining always at peace with Me, makes me his final goal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya131.09°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra78.42°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala227.54°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha154.64°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati152.71°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra153.19°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani225.67°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:10 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:04 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:18 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:55 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 53 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 06 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:19 – 04:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:01 – 05:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:52 – 19:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:04 – 19:39
Amṛta Kāla18:49 – 20:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:20 – 19:04
Yamaganda12:07 – 13:51
Gulika Kāla15:36 – 17:20
Varjyam05:45 – 06:07
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:10 – 06:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:55 – 08:39 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:39 – 10:23 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:23 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:07 – 13:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:51 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:36 – 17:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:20 – 19:04 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:04 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:20 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:36 – 22:51 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:51 – 00:07 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:07 – 01:23 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:23 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:39 – 03:55 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:55 – 05:10 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869163.27
Julian Day2457628.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0857°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)306.92°
🪷 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 (24.0857°), declination 9.61°, EoT -0.81 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: 2016-08-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)