पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · January 4, 2014 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.32 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
न काङ्क्षे विजयं कृष्ण न च राज्यं सुखानि च।

किं नो राज्येन गोविन्द किं भोगैर्जीवितेन वा।।1.32।।
"1.32 Ah my Lord! I crave not for victory, nor for the kingdom, nor for any pleasure. What were a kingdom or happiness or life to me," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya259.54°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra296.14°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala168.70°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha262.82°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati81.01°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra271.21°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani206.32°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:50 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:41 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:45 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:27 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:56 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 50 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 09 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:47 – 08:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā08:11 – 08:50
Abhijit Muhūrta12:30 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta16:29 – 16:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:41 – 17:00
Amṛta Kāla16:26 – 18:11
Niśīta Muhūrta00:30 – 01:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:48 – 11:47
Yamaganda13:44 – 14:43
Gulika Kāla08:50 – 09:49
Varjyam09:10 – 09:22
Dur Muhūrta 10:40 – 10:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla08:50 – 09:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha09:49 – 10:48 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:48 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:47 – 12:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:45 – 13:44 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:44 – 14:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:43 – 15:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:42 – 16:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:41 – 18:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:42 – 20:43 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:43 – 22:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:44 – 00:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:45 – 02:47 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:47 – 04:48 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:48 – 06:49 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha06:49 – 08:50 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5115 · Kali-5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868196.27 · 5114.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456661.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0487° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)33.96° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (24.0487°) · declination -22.74° · EoT -5.02 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:2014-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)