पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · December 16, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: कालभैरव अष्टमी — Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.7 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्।।13.7।।
"13.7 Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, sympathy, vitality and the persistent clinging to life, these are in brief the constituents of changing Matter." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya239.87°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra146.12°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala48.73°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
बुध Budha258.71°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati335.46°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra252.90°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani296.86°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:45 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:28 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:37 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:58 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:46 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 42 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 17 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:44 – 08:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā08:07 – 08:45
Abhijit Muhūrta12:21 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:25
Godhūli Muhūrta16:16 – 16:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:28 – 16:47
Amṛta Kāla16:13 – 17:58
Niśīta Muhūrta00:21 – 00:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:39 – 12:37
Yamaganda14:32 – 15:30
Gulika Kāla09:43 – 10:41
Varjyam09:05 – 09:17
Dur Muhūrta 10:33 – 10:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala08:45 – 09:43 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha09:43 – 10:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:41 – 11:39 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:39 – 12:37 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:37 – 13:34 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:34 – 14:32 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:32 – 15:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:30 – 16:28 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:28 – 18:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:30 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:32 – 22:34 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:34 – 00:37 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:37 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:39 – 04:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:41 – 06:43 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga06:43 – 08:45 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871464.27
Julian Day2459929.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1737°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)269.71°
🪷 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 (24.1737°), declination -23.30°, EoT 3.72 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: 2022-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)