पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · January 9, 2024 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 4.22 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः।

समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते।।4.22।।
"4.22 Content with what comes to him without effort of his own, mounting above the pairs of opposites, free from envy, his mind balanced both in success and failure; though he acts, yet the consequences do not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya264.06°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra231.57°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala248.83°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha240.55°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.55°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra227.90°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani309.90°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:48 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:47 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:47 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:44 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:31 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)7 Hours 58 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)16 Hours 01 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:45 – 08:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā08:09 – 08:48
Abhijit Muhūrta12:32 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta16:35 – 16:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:47 – 17:07
Amṛta Kāla16:32 – 18:17
Niśīta Muhūrta00:32 – 01:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:47 – 15:47
Yamaganda10:48 – 11:48
Gulika Kāla12:47 – 13:47
Varjyam09:08 – 09:21
Dur Muhūrta 10:40 – 10:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga08:48 – 09:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:48 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:48 – 11:48 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:48 – 12:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:47 – 13:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:47 – 14:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:47 – 15:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:47 – 16:47 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:47 – 18:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:47 – 20:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:47 – 22:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:47 – 00:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:47 – 02:48 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:48 – 04:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:48 – 06:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:48 – 08:48 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871853.27
Julian Day2460318.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1886°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)327.59°
🪷 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 (24.1886°), declination -22.19°, EoT -7.10 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: 2024-01-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)