पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · March 6, 2012 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: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.17 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।

विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित् कर्तुमर्हति।।2.17।।
"2.17 The Spirit, which pervades all that we see, is imperishable. Nothing can destroy the Spirit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya321.85°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra110.56°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala138.55°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha339.80°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati13.75°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra6.49°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani184.59°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:45 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:04 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:55 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:44 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 18 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 41 Mins 45 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:15 – 06:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:49 – 06:45
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta17:52 – 18:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:04 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla17:49 – 19:34
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:47

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:14 – 16:39
Yamaganda09:35 – 11:00
Gulika Kāla12:24 – 13:49
Varjyam07:14 – 07:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:45 – 08:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:10 – 09:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:35 – 11:00 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:00 – 12:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:24 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:49 – 15:14 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:14 – 16:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:39 – 18:04 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:04 – 19:39 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:39 – 21:14 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:14 – 22:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:49 – 00:24 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:24 – 02:00 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:00 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:35 – 05:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:10 – 06:45 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867527.27 · 5113.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455992.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0231° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)148.64° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (24.0231°) · declination -5.57° · EoT -12.00 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:2012-03-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)