पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · August 14, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.4 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।

अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।।
"7.4 Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and personality; this is the eightfold division of My Manifested Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.4'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 Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya117.61°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra244.17°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala220.53°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha144.63°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati149.87°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra136.02°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani225.50°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:08 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:45 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:23 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:59 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:24 – 04:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:08 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 13:14
Vijaya Muhūrta15:12 – 16:12
Godhūli Muhūrta19:56 – 20:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:08 – 20:45
Amṛta Kāla19:53 – 21:38
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 01:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla18:17 – 20:08
Yamaganda12:45 – 14:36
Gulika Kāla16:26 – 18:17
Varjyam05:59 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
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 Udveg05:22 – 07:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:12 – 09:03 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:03 – 10:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:54 – 12:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:45 – 14:36 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:36 – 16:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:26 – 18:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg18:17 – 20:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha20:08 – 21:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga21:17 – 22:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:26 – 23:36 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:36 – 00:45 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:45 – 01:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:54 – 03:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:03 – 04:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:12 – 05:22 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869149.27
Julian Day2457614.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0851°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)126.92°
🪷 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 (24.0851°), declination 14.27°, EoT -4.37 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: 2016-08-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)