पञ्चाङ्ग — Dubai, UAE · August 23, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: वामन जयन्ती — Vāmana Jayantī
Vāmana's three-step measure of all worlds; Bali's surrender. (= Onam in Kerala.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.12 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च।

मूर्ध्न्याधायात्मनः प्राणमास्थितो योगधारणाम्।।8.12।।
"8.12 Closing the gates of the body, drawing the forces of his mind into the heart and by the power of meditation concentrating his vital energy in the brain;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya125.77°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra268.04°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.39°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha108.11°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.81°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra171.31°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani248.48°DhanuMūla P3

Dubai, UAE — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · GST/MUT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:55 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:47 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:30 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:10 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:13 – 05:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:51 – 05:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:35 – 18:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:47 – 19:19
Amṛta Kāla18:32 – 20:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:58 – 15:34
Yamaganda05:55 – 07:32
Gulika Kāla09:08 – 10:45
Varjyam06:28 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:55 – 07:32 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:32 – 09:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:08 – 10:45 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:45 – 12:21 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:21 – 13:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:58 – 15:34 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:34 – 17:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:11 – 18:47 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:47 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:11 – 21:34 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:34 – 22:58 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:58 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:21 – 01:45 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:45 – 03:08 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:08 – 04:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:32 – 05:55 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 25.2048°
Longitude: 55.2708°
Timezone: UTC+4

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869888.27
Julian Day2458353.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1134°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)140.75°
🪷 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 (24.1134°), declination 11.51°, EoT -2.27 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: 2018-08-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)