पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · October 23, 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: दीपावली — Dīpāvalī (Diwali)
Lakshmi-Pūjā night; festival of lights; Rāma's return to Ayodhyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.14 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः।

तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः।।8.14।।
"8.14 To him who thinks constantly of Me, and of nothing else, to such an ever-faithful devotee, O Arjuna, am I ever accessible." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya185.49°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra175.46°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala243.24°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha173.32°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati114.51°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra184.72°TulāCitrā P4
शनि Śani208.54°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:45 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:08 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:48 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:44 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 23 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 36 Mins 51 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:22 – 06:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:53 – 06:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta16:56 – 17:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:08 – 17:34
Amṛta Kāla16:53 – 18:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:14 – 14:32
Yamaganda06:45 – 08:03
Gulika Kāla09:21 – 10:39
Varjyam07:11 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:31

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:45 – 08:03 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:03 – 09:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:21 – 10:39 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:39 – 11:56 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:56 – 13:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:14 – 14:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:32 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:50 – 17:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:08 – 18:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:50 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:32 – 22:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:14 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:56 – 01:39 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:39 – 03:21 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:21 – 05:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:03 – 06:45 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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)1868488.27 · 5115.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456953.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0599° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)349.28° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (24.0599°) · declination -11.31° · EoT 16.06 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:2014-10-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)