पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · January 30, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.70 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं

समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत्।

तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे

स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी।।2.70।।
"2.70 He attains Peace, into whom desires flow as rivers into the ocean, which though brimming with water remains ever the same; not he whom desire carries away." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.70's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya285.98°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra84.62°MithunaPunarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala217.75°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha273.29°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati206.72°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra290.70°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani250.38°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:25 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:54 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:16 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:41 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 56 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 03 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:14 – 07:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:41 – 08:25
Abhijit Muhūrta12:36 – 13:12
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:44
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:36 – 01:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:08 – 16:15
Yamaganda10:40 – 11:47
Gulika Kāla12:54 – 14:01
Varjyam08:48 – 09:02
Dur Muhūrta 10:31 – 10:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga08:25 – 09:32 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:32 – 10:40 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:40 – 11:47 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:47 – 12:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:54 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:01 – 15:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:08 – 16:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:15 – 17:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:22 – 19:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:15 – 21:08 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:08 – 23:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:01 – 00:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:54 – 02:47 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:47 – 04:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:40 – 06:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:32 – 08:25 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturdaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869683.27
Julian Day2458148.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1056°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)160.23°
🪷 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 (24.1056°), declination -17.72°, EoT -13.36 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: 2018-01-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)