पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · September 1, 2016 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: महालय अमावस्या — Mahālaya Amāvasyā (Sarvapitṛ Amāvasyā)
Final day of Pitṛ-Pakṣa; tarpaṇa for all ancestors.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.22 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्याराधनमीहते।

लभते च ततः कामान्मयैव विहितान् हि तान्।।7.22।।
"7.22 If he worships one form alone with real faith, then shall his desires be fulfilled through that only; for thus have I ordained." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya134.96°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra131.01°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala229.73°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha154.85°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati153.55°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra158.09°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani225.78°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:51 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:29 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:29 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:19 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 37 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 22 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:02 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:51
Abhijit Muhūrta12:13 – 13:07
Vijaya Muhūrta14:56 – 15:51
Godhūli Muhūrta19:17 – 19:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:29 – 20:03
Amṛta Kāla19:14 – 20:59
Niśīta Muhūrta00:13 – 01:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:22 – 16:04
Yamaganda05:51 – 07:33
Gulika Kāla09:16 – 10:58
Varjyam06:25 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:02 – 09:29

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:51 – 07:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:33 – 09:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:16 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:58 – 12:40 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:40 – 14:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:22 – 16:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:04 – 17:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:46 – 19:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:29 – 20:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:46 – 22:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:04 – 23:22 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:22 – 00:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:40 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:58 – 03:16 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:16 – 04:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:33 – 05:51 (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 Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869167.27 · 5117.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457632.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0858° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)357.63° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (24.0858°) · declination 8.18° · EoT 0.48 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:2016-09-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)