पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · January 17, 2017 CE

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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.26 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अमी च त्वां धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राः

सर्वे सहैवावनिपालसङ्घैः।

भीष्मो द्रोणः सूतपुत्रस्तथाऽसौ

सहास्मदीयैरपि योधमुख्यैः।।11.26।।
"11.26 All these sons of Dhritarashtra, with the hosts of princes, Bheeshma, Drona and Karna, as well as the other warrior chiefs belonging to our side;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya273.02°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra150.57°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala327.26°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha248.73°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.91°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra319.83°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani238.85°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:41 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:59 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:50 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:26 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:55 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 18 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 41 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:35 – 08:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā08:00 – 08:41
Abhijit Muhūrta12:34 – 13:07
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta16:47 – 17:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:59 – 17:20
Amṛta Kāla16:44 – 18:29
Niśīta Muhūrta00:34 – 01:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:55 – 15:57
Yamaganda10:46 – 11:48
Gulika Kāla12:50 – 13:53
Varjyam09:02 – 09:15
Dur Muhūrta 10:38 – 10:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga08:41 – 09:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:44 – 10:46 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:46 – 11:48 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:48 – 12:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:50 – 13:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:53 – 14:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:55 – 15:57 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:57 – 16:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:59 – 18:57 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:57 – 20:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:55 – 22:53 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:53 – 00:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:50 – 02:48 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:48 – 04:46 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:46 – 06:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:44 – 08:41 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1869305.27 · 5118.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457770.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0911° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)237.26° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (24.0911°) · declination -20.73° · EoT -10.03 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:2017-01-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)