पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · March 8, 2016 CE

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🪷 आज: महा शिवरात्रि — Mahā Śivarātri
The greatest night of Lord Śiva; cosmic dance of dissolution.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.6 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्।

इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते।।3.6।।
"3.6 He who remains motionless, refusing to act, but all the while brooding over sensuous object, that deluded soul is simply a hypocrite." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya323.82°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra309.47°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala216.38°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha310.08°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati143.57°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra300.30°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani231.86°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:11 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:32 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:52 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:45 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:04 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 21 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 38 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:41 – 06:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:15 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta12:29 – 13:15
Vijaya Muhūrta14:45 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta18:20 – 18:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:32 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:17 – 20:02
Niśīta Muhūrta00:29 – 01:15

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:42 – 17:07
Yamaganda10:02 – 11:27
Gulika Kāla12:52 – 14:17
Varjyam07:40 – 07:58
Dur Muhūrta 09:50 – 10:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:11 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:36 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:02 – 11:27 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:27 – 12:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:52 – 14:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:17 – 15:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:42 – 17:07 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:07 – 18:32 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:32 – 20:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:07 – 21:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:42 – 23:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:17 – 00:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:52 – 02:27 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:27 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:02 – 05:36 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:36 – 07:11 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

12 steps · festival walk
Today is Mahā Śivarātri — its dedicated walk.
Śiva-stuti through Bhāgavata + Mahābhārata Anuśāsana.

🌌 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868990.27 · 5117.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457455.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0791° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)345.05° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (24.0791°) · declination -4.78° · EoT -11.53 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:2016-03-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)