पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · January 8, 2023 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 13.30 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः।यः पश्यति तथाऽऽत्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति।।13.30।।
"13.30 He who understands that it is only the Law of Nature that brings action to fruition, and that the Self never acts, alone knows the Truth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.30°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra94.98°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala43.81°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha261.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati337.94°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra281.73°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani299.05°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:49 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:45 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:47 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:34 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:33 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 56 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 03 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:45 – 08:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā08:09 – 08:49
Abhijit Muhūrta12:31 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta16:33 – 16:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:45 – 17:05
Amṛta Kāla16:30 – 18:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:31 – 01:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:46 – 16:45
Yamaganda12:47 – 13:47
Gulika Kāla14:46 – 15:46
Varjyam09:09 – 09:21
Dur Muhūrta 10:40 – 10:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
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 · 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 Udveg08:49 – 09:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:48 – 10:48 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:48 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:47 – 12:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:47 – 13:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:47 – 14:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:46 – 15:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:46 – 16:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:45 – 18:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:46 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:46 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:47 – 00:47 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:47 – 02:47 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:47 – 04:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:48 – 06:48 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:48 – 08:49 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871487.27
Julian Day2459952.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1746°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)193.74°
🪷 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 (24.1746°), declination -22.29°, EoT -6.70 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: 2023-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)