पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · November 8, 2007 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: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.16 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
अनेकचित्तविभ्रान्ता मोहजालसमावृताः।प्रसक्ताः कामभोगेषु पतन्ति नरकेऽशुचौ।।16.16।।
"16.16 Perplexed by discordant thoughts, entangled in the snares of desire, infatuated by passion, they sink into the horrors of hell." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya201.28°TulāViśākhā P1
चन्द्र Candra180.48°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala77.99°MithunaĀrdrā P4
बुध Budha182.32°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati237.76°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra155.05°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani132.87°SiṃhaMaghā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:11 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:42 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:14 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:52 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 31 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 28 Mins 45 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:55 – 06:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:23 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:32 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta16:30 – 16:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:42 – 17:06
Amṛta Kāla16:27 – 18:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:08 – 14:19
Yamaganda07:11 – 08:22
Gulika Kāla09:34 – 10:45
Varjyam07:35 – 07:50
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:43

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:11 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:22 – 09:34 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:34 – 10:45 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:45 – 11:56 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:56 – 13:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:08 – 14:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:19 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:31 – 16:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:42 – 18:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:31 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:19 – 22:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:08 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:56 – 01:45 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:45 – 03:34 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:34 – 05:22 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:22 – 07:11 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5109 · Kali-5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865947.27 · 5108.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454412.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9627° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)338.74° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.9627°) · declination -16.41° · EoT 15.99 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:2007-11-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)