पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · January 8, 2015 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 10.29 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानां वरुणो यादसामहम्।

पितृ़णामर्यमा चास्मि यमः संयमतामहम्।।10.29।।
"10.29 I am the King-python among snakes, I am the Aqueous Principle among those that live in water, I am the Father of fathers, and among rulers I am Death." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.29's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.36°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra115.04°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala302.25°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha280.31°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati116.33°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra281.29°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani217.24°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:49 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:45 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:47 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:28 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:20 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 56 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 03 Mins 20 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:45 – 08:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā08:09 – 08:49
Abhijit Muhūrta12:31 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta16:33 – 16:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:45 – 17:05
Amṛta Kāla16:30 – 18:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:31 – 01:03

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:47 – 14:46
Yamaganda08:49 – 09:48
Gulika Kāla10:48 – 11:48
Varjyam09:09 – 09:21
Dur Muhūrta 10:40 – 10:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (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):
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 Śubha08:49 – 09:48 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga09:48 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:48 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:48 – 12:47 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:47 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:47 – 14:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:46 – 15:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:46 – 16:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:45 – 18:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:46 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:46 – 22:47 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:47 – 00:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:47 – 02:48 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:48 – 04:48 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:48 – 06:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta06:48 – 08:49 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868565.27 · 5116.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457030.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0628° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)214.57° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (24.0628°) · declination -22.30° · EoT -6.70 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:2015-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)