पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · January 22, 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.3 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते।

क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप।।2.3।।
"2.3 O Arjuna! Why give way to unmanliness? O thou who art the terror of thine enemies! Shake off such shameful effeminacy, make ready to act!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya277.88°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra162.35°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala175.74°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha292.63°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati78.64°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra261.14°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani207.69°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:36 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:08 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:52 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:19 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:00 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 31 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 28 Mins 45 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:28 – 08:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:54 – 08:36
Abhijit Muhūrta12:35 – 13:09
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta16:56 – 17:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:08 – 17:29
Amṛta Kāla16:53 – 18:38
Niśīta Muhūrta00:35 – 01:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:52 – 13:56
Yamaganda09:40 – 10:44
Gulika Kāla11:48 – 12:52
Varjyam08:58 – 09:11
Dur Muhūrta 10:36 – 10:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha08:36 – 09:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta09:40 – 10:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:44 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:48 – 12:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:52 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:56 – 15:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:00 – 16:04 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:04 – 17:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:08 – 19:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:04 – 21:00 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:00 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:56 – 00:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:52 – 02:48 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:48 – 04:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:44 – 06:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg06:40 – 08:36 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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)1868214.27 · 5115.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456679.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0494° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)248.16° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (24.0494°) · declination -19.73° · EoT -11.54 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:2014-01-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)