पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · January 28, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.21 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते।पुरुषः सुखदुःखानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते।।13.21।।
"13.21 Nature is the Law which generates cause and effect; God is the source of the enjoyment of all pleasure and pain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.18°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra94.83°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala16.05°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha301.47°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati284.97°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra269.90°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani280.66°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:28 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:19 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:53 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:16 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:16 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 50 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 09 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:17 – 07:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:44 – 08:28
Abhijit Muhūrta12:36 – 13:11
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:19 – 17:41
Amṛta Kāla17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta00:36 – 01:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:00 – 15:06
Yamaganda08:28 – 09:34
Gulika Kāla10:41 – 11:47
Varjyam08:50 – 09:04
Dur Muhūrta 10:32 – 10:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha08:28 – 09:34 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga09:34 – 10:41 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:41 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:47 – 12:53 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:53 – 14:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:00 – 15:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:06 – 16:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:12 – 17:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:19 – 19:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:12 – 21:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:06 – 23:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:00 – 00:53 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:53 – 02:47 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:47 – 04:41 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:41 – 06:34 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta06:34 – 08:28 (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 + Puṣya 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 Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870777.27
Julian Day2459242.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1474°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)169.73°
🪷 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 (24.1474°), declination -18.18°, EoT -12.97 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: 2021-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)