पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · August 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: वराह जयन्ती — Varāha Jayantī
Varāha lifted Bhū-Devī from the cosmic ocean.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.36 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं श्रृणु मे भरतर्षभ।अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति।।18.36।।
"18.36 Hear further the three kinds of pleasure. That which increases day after day delivers one from misery," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya126.99°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra155.82°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala117.79°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha132.10°SiṃhaMaghā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.15°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra93.10°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शनि Śani236.93°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:38 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:47 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:42 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:34 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:42 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 09 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 50 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:44 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:27 – 05:38
Abhijit Muhūrta12:14 – 13:11
Vijaya Muhūrta15:04 – 16:01
Godhūli Muhūrta19:35 – 19:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:47 – 20:22
Amṛta Kāla19:32 – 21:17
Niśīta Muhūrta00:14 – 01:11

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:29 – 16:15
Yamaganda05:38 – 07:24
Gulika Kāla09:10 – 10:56
Varjyam06:13 – 06:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Śubha05:38 – 07:24 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:24 – 09:10 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:10 – 10:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:56 – 12:42 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:42 – 14:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:29 – 16:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:15 – 18:01 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha18:01 – 19:47 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:47 – 21:01 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla21:01 – 22:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:15 – 23:29 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:29 – 00:42 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:42 – 01:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:56 – 03:10 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:10 – 04:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:24 – 05:38 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1869524.27 · 5118.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457989.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0995° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)30.28° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (24.0995°) · declination 11.09° · EoT -1.99 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:2017-08-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)