पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · August 16, 2019 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: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.57 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
चेतसा सर्वकर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्परः।बुद्धियोगमुपाश्रित्य मच्चित्तः सततं भव।।18.57।।
"18.57 Surrender then thy actions unto Me, live in Me, concentrate thine intellect on Me, and think always of Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.57's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa 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 (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya118.79°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra304.38°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala124.22°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha101.20°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati230.41°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra119.02°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani260.58°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:24 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:05 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:44 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:07 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:07 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 41 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 18 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:26 – 04:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:10 – 05:24
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 13:14
Vijaya Muhūrta15:11 – 16:10
Godhūli Muhūrta19:53 – 20:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:05 – 20:42
Amṛta Kāla19:50 – 21:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 01:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:54 – 12:44
Yamaganda16:25 – 18:15
Gulika Kāla07:14 – 09:04
Varjyam06:00 – 06:24
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:19

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:24 – 07:14 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:14 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:04 – 10:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:54 – 12:44 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:44 – 14:35 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:35 – 16:25 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:25 – 18:15 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala18:15 – 20:05 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga20:05 – 21:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg21:15 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:25 – 23:35 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:35 – 00:44 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:44 – 01:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:54 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:04 – 04:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:14 – 05:24 (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 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 Year5121 · Kali-5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870246.27 · 5120.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458711.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1271° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)187.54° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (24.1271°) · declination 13.88° · EoT -3.97 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:2019-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)