पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · December 23, 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.1 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

मदनुग्रहाय परमं गुह्यमध्यात्मसंज्ञितम्।

यत्त्वयोक्तं वचस्तेन मोहोऽयं विगतो मम।।11.1।।
"11.1 "Arjuna said: My Lord! Thy words concerning the Supreme Secret of Self, given for my blessing, have dispelled the illusions which surrounded me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.55°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra179.22°KanyāCitrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala308.42°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha259.67°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.50°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra293.29°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani236.06°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:50 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:30 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:50 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:23 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 40 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 19 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:48 – 08:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā08:11 – 08:50
Abhijit Muhūrta12:25 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta16:18 – 16:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:30 – 16:49
Amṛta Kāla16:15 – 18:00
Niśīta Muhūrta00:25 – 00:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:42 – 12:40
Yamaganda14:35 – 15:33
Gulika Kāla09:47 – 10:45
Varjyam09:09 – 09:21
Dur Muhūrta 10:37 – 10:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala08:50 – 09:47 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha09:47 – 10:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:45 – 11:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:42 – 12:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:40 – 13:38 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:38 – 14:35 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:35 – 15:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:33 – 16:30 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:30 – 18:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:33 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:35 – 22:38 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:38 – 00:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:40 – 02:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:42 – 04:45 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:45 – 06:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga06:47 – 08:50 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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)1869280.27 · 5117.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457745.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0902° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)289.47° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (24.0902°) · declination -23.43° · EoT 0.44 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:2016-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)