पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · August 15, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: रक्षा बन्धन — Rakṣā Bandhana / Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā
Sister-brother bond; Brāhmaṇa Upākarma.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.56 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्।।18.56।।
"18.56 Relying on Me in all his action and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My Grace, Eternal and Unchangeable Life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.56's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya117.83°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra292.48°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala123.58°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha99.73°KarkaPuṣya P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati230.40°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra117.78°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani260.63°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:07 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:45 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:45 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:01 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 45 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 14 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:24 – 04:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:08 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 13:14
Vijaya Muhūrta15:12 – 16:11
Godhūli Muhūrta19:55 – 20:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:07 – 20:44
Amṛta Kāla19:52 – 21:37
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 01:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:35 – 16:26
Yamaganda05:22 – 07:13
Gulika Kāla09:03 – 10:54
Varjyam05:59 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:22 – 07:13 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:13 – 09:03 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:03 – 10:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:54 – 12:45 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:45 – 14:35 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:35 – 16:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:26 – 18:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha18:16 – 20:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta20:07 – 21:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla21:16 – 22:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:26 – 23:35 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:35 – 00:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:45 – 01:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:54 – 03:03 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:03 – 04:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:13 – 05:22 (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 Śukla Pūrṇimā + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870245.27
Julian Day2458710.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1271°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)175.81°
🪷 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 (24.1271°), declination 14.19°, EoT -4.18 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: 2019-08-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)