पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · January 17, 2008 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
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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.34 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यया तु धर्मकामार्थान् धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन।प्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ्क्षी धृतिः सा पार्थ राजसी।।18.34।।
"18.34 The conviction which always holds fast to rituals, to self-interest and wealth, for the sake of what they may bring forth - that comes from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya272.32°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra18.29°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala61.28°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha289.71°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati253.36°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra236.96°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani133.69°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:02 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:43 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:07 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:46 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 41 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 18 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:52 – 07:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:18 – 08:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta16:31 – 16:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:43 – 17:05
Amṛta Kāla16:28 – 18:13
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:28 – 14:33
Yamaganda08:02 – 09:07
Gulika Kāla10:12 – 11:17
Varjyam08:23 – 08:37
Dur Muhūrta 10:03 – 10:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha08:02 – 09:07 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga09:07 – 10:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:12 – 11:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:17 – 12:23 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:23 – 13:28 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:28 – 14:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:33 – 15:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:38 – 16:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:43 – 18:38 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:38 – 20:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:33 – 22:28 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:28 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:23 – 02:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:17 – 04:12 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:12 – 06:07 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta06:07 – 08:02 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

🌌 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)1866017.27 · 5109.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454482.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9654° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)107.91° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 9/30)
🪷 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 (23.9654°) · declination -20.89° · EoT -10.03 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:2008-01-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)