पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · September 1, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: बलराम जयन्ती — Balarāma Jayantī (Hala-Ṣaṣṭhī)
Birth of Bala-deva, Krishna's elder brother and Saṅkarṣaṇa.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.21 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहुः परमां गतिम्।

यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।8.21।।
"8.21 The wise say that the Unmanifest and Indestructible is the highest goal of all; when once That is reached, there is no return. That is My Blessed Home." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya134.46°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra18.69°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.37°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha117.32°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.97°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra179.20°KanyāCitrā P2
शनि Śani248.34°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:50 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:29 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:27 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:26 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 39 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 20 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:01 – 04:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:42 – 05:50
Abhijit Muhūrta12:13 – 13:07
Vijaya Muhūrta14:56 – 15:51
Godhūli Muhūrta19:17 – 19:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:29 – 20:04
Amṛta Kāla19:14 – 20:59
Niśīta Muhūrta00:13 – 01:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:15 – 10:58
Yamaganda14:22 – 16:05
Gulika Kāla05:50 – 07:33
Varjyam06:24 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:29

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:50 – 07:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:33 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:15 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:58 – 12:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:40 – 14:22 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:22 – 16:05 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:05 – 17:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:47 – 19:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:29 – 20:47 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:47 – 22:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:05 – 23:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:22 – 00:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:40 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:58 – 03:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:15 – 04:33 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:33 – 05:50 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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)1869897.27 · 5119.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458362.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1138° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)247.02° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (24.1138°) · declination 8.35° · EoT 0.48 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:2018-09-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)