पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · May 7, 2023 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 18.15 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः।न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः।।18.15।।
"18.15 Whatever action a man performs, whether by muscular effort or by speech or by thought, and whether it be right or wrong, these five are the essential causes." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

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

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya22.07°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra218.60°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala87.84°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha13.81°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati3.61°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra64.92°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani311.72°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:59 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:15 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:37 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:36 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:50 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 15 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 44 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:57 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:43 – 04:59
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 13:07
Vijaya Muhūrta15:09 – 16:11
Godhūli Muhūrta20:03 – 20:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:15 – 20:53
Amṛta Kāla20:00 – 21:45
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 01:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla18:20 – 20:15
Yamaganda12:37 – 14:31
Gulika Kāla16:26 – 18:20
Varjyam05:37 – 06:02
Dur Muhūrta 08:33 – 09:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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 · 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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:59 – 06:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:54 – 08:48 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:48 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:42 – 12:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:37 – 14:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:31 – 16:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:26 – 18:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg18:20 – 20:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha20:15 – 21:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga21:20 – 22:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:26 – 23:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:31 – 00:37 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:37 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:42 – 02:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:48 – 03:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:54 – 04:59 (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 Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871606.27
Julian Day2460071.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1791°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)195.65°
🪷 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 (24.1791°), declination 16.70°, EoT 3.51 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: 2023-05-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)