पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · August 30, 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.37 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगाच्चलितमानसः।

अप्राप्य योगसंसिद्धिं कां गतिं कृष्ण गच्छति।।6.37।।
"6.37 Arjuna asked: He who fails to control himself, whose mind falls from spiritual contemplation, who attains not perfection but retains his faith, what of him, my Lord?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya132.55°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra181.92°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala206.07°TulāViśākhā P2
बुध Budha150.72°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati104.97°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra117.54°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani203.62°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:25 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:01 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:14 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:46 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 36 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 23 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:36 – 04:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:17 – 05:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:49 – 19:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:01 – 19:35
Amṛta Kāla18:46 – 20:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:49 – 10:31
Yamaganda13:55 – 15:37
Gulika Kāla05:25 – 07:07
Varjyam05:59 – 06:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 09:02

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:25 – 07:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:07 – 08:49 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:49 – 10:31 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:31 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:13 – 13:55 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:55 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:37 – 17:19 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:19 – 19:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:01 – 20:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:19 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:37 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:55 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:13 – 01:31 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:31 – 02:49 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:49 – 04:07 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:07 – 05:25 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868434.27 · 5115.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456899.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0578° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)52.78° · 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 (24.0578°) · declination 9.08° · EoT -0.18 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:2014-08-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)