पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · February 3, 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 2.44 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्।

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते।।2.44।।
"2.44 While their minds are absorbed with ideas of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot concentrate their discrimination on one point." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.44'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 Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya289.55°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra220.50°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala201.65°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha264.13°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.38°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra258.24°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani229.99°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:43 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:10 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:32 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:08 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 27 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 32 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:27 – 07:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:55 – 07:43
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta16:58 – 17:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:10 – 17:34
Amṛta Kāla16:55 – 18:40
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:26 – 13:37
Yamaganda08:54 – 10:05
Gulika Kāla11:15 – 12:26
Varjyam08:06 – 08:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:43 – 08:54 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:54 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:05 – 11:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:15 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:26 – 13:37 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:37 – 14:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:48 – 15:59 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:59 – 17:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:10 – 18:59 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:59 – 20:48 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:48 – 22:37 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:37 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:26 – 02:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:15 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:05 – 05:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:54 – 07:43 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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)1868956.27 · 5117.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457421.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0778° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)292.23° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (24.0778°) · declination -16.73° · EoT -13.97 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:2016-02-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)