पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · November 18, 2011 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: कालभैरव अष्टमी — Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.33 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
धृत्या यया धारयते मनःप्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः।योगेनाव्यभिचारिण्या धृतिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी।।18.33।।
"18.33 The conviction and steady concentration by which the mind, the vitality and the senses are controlled - O Arjuna! They are the product of Purity." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.33's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya211.32°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra114.01°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala129.18°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha233.53°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati8.56°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra235.29°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani180.06°TulāCitrā P3

☀️ Amsterdam, Netherlands — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC+1)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:06 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:46 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:29 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:25 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 39 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 20 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:57 – 07:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:23 – 08:06
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta16:34 – 16:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:46 – 17:08
Amṛta Kāla16:31 – 18:16
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:21 – 12:26
Yamaganda14:36 – 15:41
Gulika Kāla09:11 – 10:16
Varjyam08:28 – 08:42
Dur Muhūrta 10:08 – 10:25

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala08:06 – 09:11 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha09:11 – 10:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:16 – 11:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:21 – 12:26 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:26 – 13:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:31 – 14:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:36 – 15:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:41 – 16:46 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:46 – 18:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:41 – 20:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:36 – 22:31 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:31 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:26 – 02:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:21 – 04:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:16 – 06:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga06:11 – 08:06 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 52.3676°
Longitude: 4.9041°
Timezone: UTC+1

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867418.27 · 5112.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455883.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0189° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)266.09° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0189°) · declination -19.09° · EoT 14.21 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2011-11-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)