पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · May 5, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.38 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति।

अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।
"6.38 Having failed in both, my Lord, is he without hope, like a riven cloud having no support, lost on the spiritual road?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya20.38°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra66.72°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala320.55°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha39.30°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati334.65°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra338.25°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani300.37°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:02 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:12 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:37 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:20 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:04 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 09 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 50 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:01 – 04:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:47 – 05:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 13:07
Vijaya Muhūrta15:09 – 16:09
Godhūli Muhūrta20:00 – 20:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:12 – 20:50
Amṛta Kāla19:57 – 21:42
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 01:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:31 – 16:24
Yamaganda05:02 – 06:56
Gulika Kāla08:50 – 10:43
Varjyam05:40 – 06:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 09:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:02 – 06:56 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:56 – 08:50 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:50 – 10:43 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:43 – 12:37 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:37 – 14:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:31 – 16:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:24 – 18:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha18:18 – 20:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta20:12 – 21:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla21:18 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:24 – 23:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:31 – 00:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:37 – 01:43 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:43 – 02:50 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:50 – 03:56 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:56 – 05:02 (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 Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871239.27
Julian Day2459704.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1651°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)49.80°
🪷 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 (24.1651°), declination 16.20°, EoT 3.35 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: 2022-05-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)