पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · January 17, 2016 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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Also observed today
- भीष्माष्टमी · BhīṣmāṣṭamīPan-Hindu
- पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.27 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च।
तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.27।।
तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.27।।
"2.27 For death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Aśvinī Pada 1 |
| योग (Yoga) | Siddha |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Bava |
| वार (Vāra) | Ravivāra (Sunday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 272.26° | Makara | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 3.06° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P1 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 192.96° | Tulā | Svātī P2 |
| बुध Budha | 266.28° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 148.31° | Siṃha | Uttara Phalgunī P1 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 237.32° | Vṛścika | Jyeṣṭhā P4 |
| शनि Śani | 228.50° | Vṛścika | Jyeṣṭhā P1 |
☀️ Vancouver, Canada — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-8)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 08:02 UTC-8 |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 16:43 UTC-8 |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 12:23 UTC-8 |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 11:32 UTC-8 |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 01:19 UTC-8 |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 8 Hours 41 Mins 38 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 15 Hours 18 Mins 22 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 06:52 – 07:27 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 07:18 – 08:02 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 12:05 – 12:40 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:49 – 14:24 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 16:31 – 16:55 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 16:43 – 17:05 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 16:28 – 18:13 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 00:05 – 00:40 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 15:38 – 16:43 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 12:23 – 13:28 |
| Gulika Kāla | 14:33 – 15:38 |
| Varjyam | 08:23 – 08:37 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 10:03 – 10:21 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
⭐ 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
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
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Udveg | 08:02 – 09:07 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Chala | 09:07 – 10:12 (neutral) |
| Day-3 Labha | 10:12 – 11:17 (auspicious) |
| Day-4 Amṛta | 11:17 – 12:23 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Kāla | 12:23 – 13:28 (inauspicious) |
| Day-6 Śubha | 13:28 – 14:33 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Roga | 14:33 – 15:38 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Udveg | 15:38 – 16:43 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Śubha | 16:43 – 18:38 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Roga | 18:38 – 20:33 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Udveg | 20:33 – 22:28 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Chala | 22:28 – 00:23 (neutral) |
| Night-5 Labha | 00:23 – 02:17 (auspicious) |
| Night-6 Amṛta | 02:17 – 04:12 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Kāla | 04:12 – 06:07 (inauspicious) |
| Night-8 Śubha | 06:07 – 08:02 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 49.2827°
Longitude: -123.1207°
Timezone: UTC+-8
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-3101-02-18 — Kali 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 Year | 5117 · Kali-5117 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1868939.27 · 5117.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2457404.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 24.0771° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 90.22° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30) |
🪷 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 (24.0771°) · declination -20.88° · EoT -10.03 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:2016-01-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)