पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · August 11, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.1 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

मय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रयः।

असंशयं समग्रं मां यथा ज्ञास्यसि तच्छृणु।।7.1।।
"7.1 "Lord Shri Krishna said: Listen, O Arjuna! And I will tell thee how thou shalt know Me in my Full perfection, practising meditation with thy mind devoted to Me, and having Me for thy refuge." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya114.73°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra207.63°TulāViśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala219.18°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha141.22°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati149.28°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra132.34°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani225.51°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:17 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:14 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:45 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:33 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:20 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 57 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 02 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:17 – 04:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:02 – 05:17
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 13:15
Vijaya Muhūrta15:15 – 16:15
Godhūli Muhūrta20:02 – 20:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:14 – 20:51
Amṛta Kāla19:59 – 21:44
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 01:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:37 – 16:30
Yamaganda05:17 – 07:09
Gulika Kāla09:01 – 10:53
Varjyam05:54 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:17 – 07:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:09 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:01 – 10:53 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:53 – 12:45 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:45 – 14:37 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:37 – 16:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:30 – 18:22 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha18:22 – 20:14 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta20:14 – 21:22 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla21:22 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:30 – 23:37 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:37 – 00:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:45 – 01:53 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:53 – 03:01 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:01 – 04:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:09 – 05:17 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869146.27
Julian Day2457611.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0850°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)94.47°
🪷 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 (24.0850°), declination 15.18°, EoT -4.91 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: 2016-08-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)