पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · February 24, 2017 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.9 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्।अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय।।12.9।।
"12.9 But if thou canst not fix thy mind firmly on Me, then, My beloved friend, try to do so by constant practice." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya311.52°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra279.99°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala355.48°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha302.35°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.08°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra347.55°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani242.15°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:38 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:10 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:54 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:31 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:05 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 31 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 28 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:14 – 06:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:46 – 07:38
Abhijit Muhūrta12:33 – 13:15
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:10 – 18:36
Amṛta Kāla17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta00:33 – 01:15

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:35 – 12:54
Yamaganda15:32 – 16:51
Gulika Kāla08:57 – 10:16
Varjyam08:05 – 08:22
Dur Muhūrta 10:06 – 10:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:38 – 08:57 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:57 – 10:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:16 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:35 – 12:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:54 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:13 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:32 – 16:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:51 – 18:10 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:10 – 19:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:51 – 21:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:32 – 23:13 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:13 – 00:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:54 – 02:35 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:35 – 04:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:16 – 05:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:57 – 07:38 (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)1869343.27 · 5118.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457808.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0926° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)327.61° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (24.0926°) · declination -9.45° · EoT -13.84 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:2017-02-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)