पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · April 19, 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
?format=json (for AI agents · structured JSON envelope)
🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।
"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya5.09°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra270.94°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala34.00°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
बुध Budha7.06°MeṣaAśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.31°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra332.84°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani243.40°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:34 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:45 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:19 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:27 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 10 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 49 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:41 – 04:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:24 – 05:34
Abhijit Muhūrta12:11 – 13:08
Vijaya Muhūrta15:01 – 15:58
Godhūli Muhūrta19:33 – 19:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:45 – 20:20
Amṛta Kāla19:30 – 21:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:11 – 01:08

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:40 – 14:26
Yamaganda07:21 – 09:07
Gulika Kāla10:53 – 12:40
Varjyam06:10 – 06:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 Labha05:34 – 07:21 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:21 – 09:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:07 – 10:53 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:53 – 12:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:40 – 14:26 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:26 – 16:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala16:12 – 17:59 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:59 – 19:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:45 – 20:59 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:59 – 22:12 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha22:12 – 23:26 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:26 – 00:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:40 – 01:53 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:53 – 03:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:07 – 04:21 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:21 – 05:34 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869397.27 · 5118.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457862.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0946° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)268.83° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (24.0946°) · declination 11.18° · EoT 0.74 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:2017-04-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)