पञ्चाङ्ग — Amsterdam, Netherlands · February 21, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.24 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः।

मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः।।6.24।।
"6.24 Renouncing every desire which imagination can conceive, controlling the senses at every point by the power of mind;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya308.19°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra352.58°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala297.85°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha325.81°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati81.24°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra318.71°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani336.66°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:45 UTC+1
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:04 UTC+1
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:55 UTC+1
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:14 UTC+1
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:31 UTC+1
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 18 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 41 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:23 – 07:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:54 – 07:45
Abhijit Muhūrta12:34 – 13:15
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta17:52 – 18:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:04 – 18:30
Amṛta Kāla17:49 – 19:34
Niśīta Muhūrta00:34 – 01:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:20 – 11:37
Yamaganda14:12 – 15:29
Gulika Kāla07:45 – 09:02
Varjyam08:11 – 08:27
Dur Muhūrta 10:10 – 10:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:45 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha09:02 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:20 – 11:37 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:37 – 12:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:55 – 14:12 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:12 – 15:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:29 – 16:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:47 – 18:04 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:04 – 19:47 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:47 – 21:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:29 – 23:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:12 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:55 – 02:37 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:37 – 04:20 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:20 – 06:02 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha06:02 – 07:45 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872627.27
Julian Day2461092.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2182°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)43.91°
🪷 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 (24.2182°), declination -10.61°, EoT -14.19 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: 2026-02-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)