पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · April 26, 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: आदि शङ्कराचार्य जयन्ती — Ādi Śaṅkarācārya Jayantī
Birth of Ādi Śaṅkara at Kāladī, Kerala; Advaita-pratiṣṭhāpaka.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.68 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः।

इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।2.68।।
"2.68 Therefore, O Might-in-Arms, he who keeps his senses detached from their objects - take it that his reason is purified." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.68's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya12.19°MeṣaAśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra63.59°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala130.29°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha345.76°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati24.80°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra53.45°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani181.13°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:00 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:21 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:31 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:41 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 21 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 38 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:05 – 04:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:48 – 05:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta19:09 – 19:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:21 – 19:57
Amṛta Kāla19:06 – 20:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:39

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:58 – 15:46
Yamaganda05:00 – 06:47
Gulika Kāla08:35 – 10:23
Varjyam05:35 – 05:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:21 – 08:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:00 – 06:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:47 – 08:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:35 – 10:23 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:23 – 12:10 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:10 – 13:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:58 – 15:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:46 – 17:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:33 – 19:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:21 – 20:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:33 – 21:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:46 – 22:58 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:58 – 00:10 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:10 – 01:23 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:23 – 02:35 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:35 – 03:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:47 – 05:00 (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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867578.27 · 5113.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456043.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0251° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)55.37° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (24.0251°) · declination 13.59° · EoT 2.16 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:2012-04-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)