पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · May 14, 2017 CE

🪷 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 15.6 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।15.6।।
"15.6 Neither sun, moon, nor fire shines there. Those who go thither never come back. For, O Arjuna, that is my Celestial Home!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.6'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

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya29.36°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra243.68°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala51.15°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha3.84°MeṣaAśvinī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati169.75°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra345.14°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani242.43°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:46 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:27 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:37 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:06 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:42 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 40 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 19 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:41 – 03:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:28 – 04:46
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 13:08
Vijaya Muhūrta15:13 – 16:16
Godhūli Muhūrta20:15 – 20:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:27 – 21:06
Amṛta Kāla20:12 – 21:57
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 01:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla18:29 – 20:27
Yamaganda12:37 – 14:34
Gulika Kāla16:32 – 18:29
Varjyam05:26 – 05:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:57

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:46 – 06:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:44 – 08:42 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:42 – 10:39 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:39 – 12:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:37 – 14:34 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:34 – 16:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:32 – 18:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg18:29 – 20:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha20:27 – 21:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga21:29 – 22:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:32 – 23:34 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:34 – 00:37 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:37 – 01:39 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:39 – 02:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:42 – 03:44 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:44 – 04:46 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869422.27
Julian Day2457887.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0956°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)217.56°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0956°), declination 18.63°, EoT 3.76 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2017-05-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)