पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · July 24, 2012 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.42 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
तस्मादज्ञानसंभूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनाऽऽत्मनः।

छित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत।।4.42।।
"4.42 Therefore, cleaving asunder with the sword of wisdom the doubts of the heart, which thine own ignorance has engendered, follow the Path of Wisdom and arise!"" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya97.53°KarkaPuṣya P2
चन्द्र Candra157.37°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala167.13°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha105.28°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati44.55°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra53.93°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani179.15°KanyāCitrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:49 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:45 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:47 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:45 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:47 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 56 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 03 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:41 – 03:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:29 – 04:49
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 13:18
Vijaya Muhūrta15:26 – 16:30
Godhūli Muhūrta20:33 – 20:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:45 – 21:24
Amṛta Kāla20:30 – 22:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 01:18

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:46 – 18:45
Yamaganda08:48 – 10:47
Gulika Kāla12:47 – 14:46
Varjyam05:28 – 05:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:32 – 09:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:49 – 06:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:48 – 08:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:48 – 10:47 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:47 – 12:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:47 – 14:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:46 – 16:46 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:46 – 18:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga18:45 – 20:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla20:45 – 21:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha21:45 – 22:46 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:46 – 23:46 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:46 – 00:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:47 – 01:47 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:47 – 02:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:48 – 03:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:48 – 04:49 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867667.27 · 5113.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456132.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0285° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)60.65° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (24.0285°) · declination 19.81° · EoT -6.16 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:2012-07-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)