पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · August 12, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.1 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम।

अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।8.1।।
"8.1 "Arjuna asked: O Lord of Lords! What is that which men call the Supreme Spirit, what is man's Spiritual Nature, and what is the Law? What is Matter and what is Divinity?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya115.20°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra124.00°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala275.84°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha109.87°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati200.65°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra160.75°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani248.83°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:18 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:13 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:45 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:12 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:29 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 55 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 04 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:18 – 04:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:03 – 05:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 13:15
Vijaya Muhūrta15:14 – 16:14
Godhūli Muhūrta20:01 – 20:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:13 – 20:50
Amṛta Kāla19:58 – 21:43
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 01:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla18:21 – 20:13
Yamaganda12:45 – 14:37
Gulika Kāla16:29 – 18:21
Varjyam05:55 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:18 – 07:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:09 – 09:01 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:01 – 10:53 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:53 – 12:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:45 – 14:37 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:37 – 16:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:29 – 18:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg18:21 – 20:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha20:13 – 21:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga21:21 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:29 – 23:37 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:37 – 00:45 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:45 – 01:53 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:53 – 03:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:01 – 04:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:09 – 05:18 (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 Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869877.27
Julian Day2458342.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1130°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)8.89°
🪷 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 (24.1130°), declination 15.03°, EoT -4.74 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: 2018-08-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)