पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · January 25, 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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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.35 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथाः।

येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम्।।2.35।।
"2.35 Great generals will think that thou hast fled from the battlefield through cowardice; though once honoured thou wilt seem despicable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya280.41°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra111.81°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala197.13°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha260.56°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.98°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra247.15°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani229.24°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:54 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:56 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:48 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:33 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 01 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 58 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:42 – 07:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:09 – 07:54
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta16:44 – 17:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:56 – 17:18
Amṛta Kāla16:41 – 18:26
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:02 – 10:09
Yamaganda11:17 – 12:25
Gulika Kāla13:32 – 14:40
Varjyam08:17 – 08:31
Dur Muhūrta 10:00 – 10:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:54 – 09:02 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla09:02 – 10:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:09 – 11:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:17 – 12:25 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:25 – 13:32 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:32 – 14:40 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:40 – 15:48 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:48 – 16:56 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:56 – 18:48 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:48 – 20:40 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:40 – 22:32 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:32 – 00:25 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:25 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:17 – 04:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:09 – 06:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala06:02 – 07:54 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1868947.27 · 5117.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457412.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0774° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)193.40° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (24.0774°) · declination -19.14° · EoT -12.31 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:2016-01-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)