पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · November 30, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कालभैरव अष्टमी — Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.7 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम्।

मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि।।11.7।।
"11.7 Here in Me living as one, O Arjuna, behold the whole universe, movable and immovable, and anything else that thou wouldst see!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya223.65°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra134.05°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala314.45°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha217.22°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati220.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra184.26°TulāCitrā P4
शनि Śani253.50°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:27 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:33 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:43 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:20 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 06 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 53 Mins 40 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:22 – 07:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:46 – 08:27
Abhijit Muhūrta12:14 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta16:21 – 16:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:33 – 16:53
Amṛta Kāla16:18 – 18:03
Niśīta Muhūrta00:14 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:29 – 12:30
Yamaganda14:31 – 15:32
Gulika Kāla09:28 – 10:28
Varjyam08:47 – 09:00
Dur Muhūrta 10:20 – 10:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala08:27 – 09:28 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha09:28 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:28 – 11:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:29 – 12:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:30 – 13:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:31 – 14:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:31 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:32 – 16:33 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:33 – 18:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:32 – 20:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:31 – 22:31 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:31 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:30 – 02:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:29 – 04:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:28 – 06:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga06:28 – 08:27 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869987.27
Julian Day2458452.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1172°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)268.77°
🪷 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 (24.1172°), declination -21.60°, EoT 10.50 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: 2018-11-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)