पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · May 3, 2018 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: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.6 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः।

योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति।।5.6।।
"5.6 Without concentration, O Mighty Man, renunciation is difficult. But the sage who is always meditating on the Divine, before long shall attain the Absolute." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya18.47°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra233.29°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala270.02°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha351.49°MīnaRevatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati204.84°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra45.78°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani254.73°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:06 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:08 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:37 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:04 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:49 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 02 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 57 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:06 – 04:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:51 – 05:06
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 13:07
Vijaya Muhūrta15:08 – 16:08
Godhūli Muhūrta19:56 – 20:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:08 – 20:46
Amṛta Kāla19:53 – 21:38
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 01:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:30 – 16:23
Yamaganda05:06 – 06:59
Gulika Kāla08:52 – 10:44
Varjyam05:44 – 06:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:06 – 06:59 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:59 – 08:52 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:52 – 10:44 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:44 – 12:37 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:37 – 14:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:30 – 16:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:23 – 18:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha18:16 – 20:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta20:08 – 21:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla21:16 – 22:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:23 – 23:30 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:30 – 00:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:37 – 01:44 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:44 – 02:52 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:52 – 03:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:59 – 05:06 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturthī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 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 Year5120 · Kali-5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869776.27 · 5119.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458241.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1091° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)217.27° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (24.1091°) · declination 15.61° · EoT 3.15 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2018-05-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)