पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · January 11, 2004 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: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.21 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः।कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत्।।16.21।।
"16.21 The gates of hell are three: lust, wrath and avarice. They destroy the Self. Avoid them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.23°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra125.25°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala351.31°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha243.50°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.97°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra301.55°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani74.90°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:06 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:35 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:57 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:56 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 29 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 30 Mins 43 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:58 – 07:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:23 – 08:06
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:23 – 16:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:35 – 16:56
Amṛta Kāla16:20 – 18:05
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:37

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:31 – 16:35
Yamaganda12:20 – 13:24
Gulika Kāla14:28 – 15:31
Varjyam08:27 – 08:41
Dur Muhūrta 10:05 – 10:22

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg08:06 – 09:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:09 – 10:13 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:13 – 11:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:17 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:20 – 13:24 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:24 – 14:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:28 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:31 – 16:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:35 – 18:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:31 – 20:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:28 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:24 – 00:20 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:20 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:17 – 04:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:13 – 06:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:09 – 08:06 (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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864550.27 · 5105.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453015.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9093° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)220.66° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.9093°) · declination -21.93° · EoT -7.89 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:2004-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)