पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · April 18, 2024 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 7.4 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।

अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।।
"7.4 Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and personality; this is the eightfold division of My Manifested Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya4.31°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra119.35°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala325.72°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha353.88°MīnaRevatī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati26.96°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शुक्र Śukra351.41°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani321.32°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:36 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:44 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:02 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:38 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 07 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 52 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:43 – 04:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:25 – 05:36
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 13:08
Vijaya Muhūrta15:01 – 15:58
Godhūli Muhūrta19:32 – 19:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:44 – 20:19
Amṛta Kāla19:29 – 21:14
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 01:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:26 – 16:12
Yamaganda05:36 – 07:22
Gulika Kāla09:08 – 10:54
Varjyam06:11 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:36 – 07:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:22 – 09:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:08 – 10:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:54 – 12:40 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:40 – 14:26 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:26 – 16:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:12 – 17:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:58 – 19:44 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:44 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:58 – 22:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:12 – 23:26 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:26 – 00:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:40 – 01:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:54 – 03:08 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:08 – 04:22 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:22 – 05:36 (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 Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871953.27
Julian Day2460418.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1924°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)112.57°
🪷 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 (24.1924°), declination 10.94°, EoT 0.51 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: 2024-04-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)