पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · March 16, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.54 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन।

ज्ञातुं दृष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परंतप।।11.54।।
"11.54 Only by tireless devotion can I be seen and known; only thus can a man become one with Me, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.54's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya331.06°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra270.33°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala353.98°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha310.12°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati108.62°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra4.06°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani220.63°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:54 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:45 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:50 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:43 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:50 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:20 – 06:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:55 – 06:54
Abhijit Muhūrta12:26 – 13:13
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta18:33 – 18:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:45 – 19:15
Amṛta Kāla18:30 – 20:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:26 – 01:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:23 – 09:52
Yamaganda11:21 – 12:50
Gulika Kāla14:19 – 15:47
Varjyam07:24 – 07:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:40 – 10:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:54 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:23 – 09:52 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:52 – 11:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:21 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:50 – 14:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:19 – 15:47 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:47 – 17:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:16 – 18:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:45 – 20:16 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:16 – 21:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:47 – 23:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:19 – 00:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:50 – 02:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:21 – 03:52 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:52 – 05:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:23 – 06:54 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868632.27
Julian Day2457097.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0654°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)302.16°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0654°), declination -1.93°, EoT -9.36 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2015-03-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)