पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · January 14, 2011 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.10 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
मयाऽध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम्।

हेतुनाऽनेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते।।9.10।।
"9.10 Under my guidance, Nature produces all things movable and immovable. Thus it is, O Arjuna, that this universe revolves." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.50°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra16.79°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.36°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha246.41°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati334.54°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra222.51°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani172.84°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:04 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:39 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:14 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:47 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 35 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 24 Mins 21 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:55 – 07:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:21 – 08:04
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta16:27 – 16:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:39 – 17:01
Amṛta Kāla16:24 – 18:09
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:39

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:17 – 12:21
Yamaganda14:30 – 15:35
Gulika Kāla09:08 – 10:13
Varjyam08:25 – 08:39
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:21

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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):
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 Chala08:04 – 09:08 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha09:08 – 10:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:13 – 11:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:17 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:21 – 13:26 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:26 – 14:30 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:30 – 15:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:35 – 16:39 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:39 – 18:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:35 – 20:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:30 – 22:26 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:26 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:21 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:17 – 04:13 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:13 – 06:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga06:08 – 08:04 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5112 · Kali-5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867110.27 · 5112.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455575.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0072° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)108.97° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (24.0072°) · declination -21.39° · EoT -9.00 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:2011-01-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)