पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · August 6, 2009 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: ओणम् (वामन-बलि स्मरण) — Onam (Vāmana / King Bali)
Kerala festival; King Bali's annual return to Kerala. Aligned with Thiru-Onam (Śravaṇa nakshatra in Bhādrapada).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.34 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः।

क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत।।13.34।।
"13.34 As the one Sun illuminates the whole earth, so the Lord illumines the whole universe." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya109.74°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra289.66°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala53.01°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha130.81°SiṃhaMaghā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati299.56°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra71.60°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शनि Śani145.67°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:51 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:45 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:36 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:00 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 54 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 05 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:51 – 03:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:36 – 04:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:47 – 15:47
Godhūli Muhūrta19:33 – 19:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:45 – 20:23
Amṛta Kāla19:30 – 21:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:10 – 16:02
Yamaganda04:51 – 06:43
Gulika Kāla08:34 – 10:26
Varjyam05:28 – 05:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:51 – 06:43 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:43 – 08:34 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:34 – 10:26 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:26 – 12:18 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:18 – 14:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:10 – 16:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:02 – 17:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:54 – 19:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:45 – 20:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:54 – 22:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:02 – 23:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:10 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:18 – 01:26 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:26 – 02:34 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:34 – 03:43 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:43 – 04:51 (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 Year5111 · Kali-5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866584.27 · 5110.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455049.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9870° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)180.80° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.9870°) · declination 16.70° · EoT -5.59 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:2009-08-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)