पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · August 18, 2002 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: पवित्रोपना एकादशी — Pavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
Confers son; pavitra (sacred thread) ceremony for Viṣṇu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.34 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्।

संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते।।2.34।।
"2.34 Men will talk forever of thy disgrace; and to the noble, dishonour is worse than death." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya121.06°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra243.79°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala118.74°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha144.49°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati99.58°KarkaPuṣya P2
शुक्र Śukra166.96°KanyāHasta P3
शनि Śani62.57°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:07 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:25 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:23 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:31 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 17 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 42 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:13 – 04:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:56 – 05:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta19:13 – 19:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:25 – 20:00
Amṛta Kāla19:10 – 20:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:38 – 19:25
Yamaganda12:16 – 14:03
Gulika Kāla15:50 – 17:38
Varjyam05:43 – 06:06
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:07 – 06:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:54 – 08:42 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:42 – 10:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:29 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:16 – 14:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:03 – 15:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:50 – 17:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:38 – 19:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:25 – 20:38 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:38 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:50 – 23:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:03 – 00:16 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:16 – 01:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:29 – 02:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:42 – 03:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:54 – 05:07 (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 — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864039.27 · 5103.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452504.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8897° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)121.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.8897°) · declination 13.20° · EoT -3.53 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2002-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)