पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · August 6, 2015 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.16 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
मनःप्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः।भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते।।17.16।।
"17.16 Serenity, kindness, silence, self-control and purity - this is austerity of mind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya109.22°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra5.59°MeṣaAśvinī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala93.83°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha122.54°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati124.01°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शुक्र Śukra123.79°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani214.00°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:50 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:46 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:26 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:21 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 56 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 03 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:51 – 03:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:35 – 04:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:47 – 15:47
Godhūli Muhūrta19:34 – 19:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:46 – 20:23
Amṛta Kāla19:31 – 21:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:10 – 16:02
Yamaganda04:50 – 06:42
Gulika Kāla08:34 – 10:26
Varjyam05:27 – 05:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:50 – 06:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:42 – 08:34 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:34 – 10:26 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:26 – 12:18 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:18 – 14:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:10 – 16:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:02 – 17:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:54 – 19:46 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:46 – 20:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:54 – 22:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:02 – 23:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:10 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:18 – 01:26 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:26 – 02:34 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:34 – 03:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:42 – 04:50 (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 Saptamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868775.27 · 5116.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457240.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0708° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)253.73° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (24.0708°) · declination 16.83° · EoT -5.59 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:2015-08-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)