पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · February 28, 2014 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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🪷 आज: महा शिवरात्रि — Mahā Śivarātri
The greatest night of Lord Śiva; cosmic dance of dissolution.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.40 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते।

स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात्।।2.40।।
"2.40 On this Path, endeavour is never wasted, nor can it ever be repressed. Even a very little of its practice protects one from great danger." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya315.31°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra297.16°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala183.19°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha293.93°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati75.80°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra271.00°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani209.01°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:58 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:53 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:19 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:07 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:31 – 06:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:04 – 06:58
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta17:41 – 18:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:53 – 18:20
Amṛta Kāla17:38 – 19:23
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:04 – 12:26
Yamaganda15:09 – 16:31
Gulika Kāla08:20 – 09:42
Varjyam07:26 – 07:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:31 – 09:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:58 – 08:20 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:20 – 09:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:42 – 11:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:04 – 12:26 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:26 – 13:48 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:48 – 15:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:09 – 16:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:31 – 17:53 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:53 – 19:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:31 – 21:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:09 – 22:48 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:48 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:26 – 02:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:04 – 03:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:42 – 05:20 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:20 – 06:58 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

12 steps · festival walk
Today is Mahā Śivarātri — its dedicated walk.
Śiva-stuti through Bhāgavata + Mahābhārata Anuśāsana.

🌌 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 Year5115 · Kali-5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868251.27 · 5115.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456716.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0508° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)343.49° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (24.0508°) · declination -8.06° · EoT -13.22 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:2014-02-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)