पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · January 10, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.37 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।

महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।
"3.37 Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and corrupts everything. It is man's greatest enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.60°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra358.83°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala235.10°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha284.23°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati308.20°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra263.54°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani288.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:47 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:48 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:48 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:10 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:52 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 01 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 58 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:43 – 08:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā08:07 – 08:47
Abhijit Muhūrta12:32 – 13:04
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta16:36 – 17:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:48 – 17:08
Amṛta Kāla16:33 – 18:18
Niśīta Muhūrta00:32 – 01:04

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:47 – 10:48
Yamaganda11:48 – 12:48
Gulika Kāla13:48 – 14:48
Varjyam09:07 – 09:20
Dur Muhūrta 10:40 – 10:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta08:47 – 09:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla09:47 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:48 – 11:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:48 – 12:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:48 – 13:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:48 – 14:48 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:48 – 15:48 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:48 – 16:48 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:48 – 18:48 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:48 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:48 – 22:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:48 – 00:48 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:48 – 02:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:48 – 04:48 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:48 – 06:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala06:47 – 08:47 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871124.27
Julian Day2459589.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1607°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.59°
🪷 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 (24.1607°), declination -21.98°, EoT -7.50 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: 2022-01-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)