पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · December 28, 3138 BCE

🪷 आज: आमलकी एकादशी — Āmalakī Ekādaśī
Worship of Āmalakī (Indian gooseberry, sacred to Viṣṇu).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.15 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः।हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः।।12.15।।
"12.15 He who does not harm the world, and whom the world cannot harm, who is not carried away by any impulse of joy, anger or fear, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3080
Śaka Saṁvat: -3215
Bengali Saṁvat: -3730
Malayalam Era: -3961
Nanakshahi: -4606
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya310.99°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra72.50°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala101.70°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha324.36°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.62°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra312.53°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani285.92°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

Vancouver, Canada — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-8)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:08 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:32 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:09 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 13 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 46 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:02 – 07:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:27 – 08:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:09
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:41
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:19 – 16:21
Yamaganda12:14 – 13:16
Gulika Kāla14:18 – 15:19
Varjyam08:28 – 08:42
Dur Muhūrta 10:03 – 10:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg08:08 – 09:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:09 – 10:11 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:11 – 11:13 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:13 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:14 – 13:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:16 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:18 – 15:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:19 – 16:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:21 – 18:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:19 – 20:18 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:18 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:16 – 00:14 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:14 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:13 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:11 – 06:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:09 – 08:08 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 49.2827°
Longitude: -123.1207°
Timezone: UTC+-8

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 Year-35
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-12835.73
Julian Day575629.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)-47.8937°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)121.51°
🪷 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 (-47.8937°), declination -23.26°, EoT -1.89 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: -3137-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)