पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · October 25, 2017 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: छठ पूजा — Chhaṭh Pūjā
Bihar/UP festival worshiping Sūrya. 6th day of Kārtika Śukla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.20 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अथ व्यवस्थितान् दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः।

प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसंपाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः।।1.20।।
"1.20 Then beholding the sons of Dhritarashtra, drawn up on the battle- field, ready to fight, Arjuna, whose flag bore the Hanuman," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya187.72°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra246.34°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala157.05°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha197.84°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati188.76°TulāSvātī P1
शुक्र Śukra168.90°KanyāHasta P3
शनि Śani239.73°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:23 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:25 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:30 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:07 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 02 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 57 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:03 – 06:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:33 – 07:23
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta17:13 – 17:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:25 – 17:50
Amṛta Kāla17:10 – 18:55
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:24 – 13:39
Yamaganda08:38 – 09:54
Gulika Kāla11:09 – 12:24
Varjyam07:48 – 08:04
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Labha07:23 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:38 – 09:54 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:54 – 11:09 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:09 – 12:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:24 – 13:39 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:39 – 14:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:55 – 16:10 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:10 – 17:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:25 – 19:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:10 – 20:55 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:55 – 22:39 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:39 – 00:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:24 – 02:09 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:09 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:54 – 05:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:38 – 07:23 (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 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)1869586.27 · 5118.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458051.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1019° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)61.89° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (24.1019°) · declination -12.10° · EoT 16.23 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:2017-10-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)