पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · January 28, 2014 CE

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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 2.9 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

एवमुक्त्वा हृषीकेशं गुडाकेशः परन्तप।

न योत्स्य इति गोविन्दमुक्त्वा तूष्णीं बभूव ह।।2.9।।
"2.9 Sanjaya continued: "Arjuna, the conqueror of all enemies, then told the Lord of All-Hearts that he would no fight, and became silent, O King!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.9'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 Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.98°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra243.40°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala177.69°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha301.60°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati77.94°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra259.44°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani208.05°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:28 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:18 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:53 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:23 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:59 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 49 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 10 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:18 – 07:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:44 – 08:28
Abhijit Muhūrta12:36 – 13:11
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:06 – 17:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:18 – 17:40
Amṛta Kāla17:03 – 18:48
Niśīta Muhūrta00:36 – 01:11

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:06 – 16:12
Yamaganda10:41 – 11:47
Gulika Kāla12:53 – 14:00
Varjyam08:50 – 09:05
Dur Muhūrta 10:32 – 10:50

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga08:28 – 09:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:35 – 10:41 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:41 – 11:47 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:47 – 12:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:53 – 14:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:00 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:06 – 16:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:12 – 17:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:18 – 19:12 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:12 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:06 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:00 – 00:53 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:53 – 02:47 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:47 – 04:41 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:41 – 06:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:35 – 08:28 (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 Year5115 · Kali-5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868220.27 · 5115.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456685.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0496° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)321.71° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (24.0496°) · declination -18.26° · EoT -12.97 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:2014-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)