पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · January 24, 2022 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 4.8 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे।।4.8।।
"4.8 To protect the righteous, to destroy the wicked and to establish the kingdom of God, I am reborn from age to age." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya279.86°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra170.72°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala245.20°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha278.12°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati311.23°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra257.06°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani290.42°MakaraŚravaṇa P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:34 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:11 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:52 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:03 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:09 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 37 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 22 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:25 – 07:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:51 – 08:34
Abhijit Muhūrta12:35 – 13:10
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:11 – 17:33
Amṛta Kāla16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta00:35 – 01:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:38 – 10:43
Yamaganda11:48 – 12:52
Gulika Kāla13:57 – 15:02
Varjyam08:55 – 09:09
Dur Muhūrta 10:34 – 10:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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):
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta08:34 – 09:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla09:38 – 10:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:43 – 11:48 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:48 – 12:52 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:52 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:57 – 15:02 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:02 – 16:06 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:06 – 17:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:11 – 19:06 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:06 – 21:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:02 – 22:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:57 – 00:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:52 – 02:48 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:48 – 04:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:43 – 06:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala06:38 – 08:34 (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 Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871138.27
Julian Day2459603.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1612°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)253.23°
🪷 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 (24.1612°), declination -19.25°, EoT -12.06 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: 2022-01-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)