पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · January 26, 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 2.36 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून् वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः।

निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दुःखतरं नु किम्।।2.36।।
"2.36 Thine enemies will spread scandal and mock at thy courage. Can anything be more humiliating?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.36'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 Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya281.42°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra124.44°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala197.64°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha260.51°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.93°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra248.38°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani229.33°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:53 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:57 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:56 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:58 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 04 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 55 Mins 45 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:40 – 07:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:08 – 07:53
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta16:45 – 17:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:57 – 17:20
Amṛta Kāla16:42 – 18:27
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:41 – 15:49
Yamaganda10:09 – 11:17
Gulika Kāla12:25 – 13:33
Varjyam08:16 – 08:30
Dur Muhūrta 10:00 – 10:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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):
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:53 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:01 – 10:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:09 – 11:17 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:17 – 12:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:25 – 13:33 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:33 – 14:41 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:41 – 15:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:49 – 16:57 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:57 – 18:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:49 – 20:41 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:41 – 22:33 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:33 – 00:25 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:25 – 02:17 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:17 – 04:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:09 – 06:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:01 – 07:53 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1868948.27 · 5117.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457413.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0775° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)205.22° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (24.0775°) · declination -18.89° · EoT -12.54 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:2016-01-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)