पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · May 5, 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.21 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः।

शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्।।4.21।।
"4.21 Expecting nothing, his mind and personality controlled, without greed, doing bodily actions only; though he acts, yet he remains untainted." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya20.90°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra355.79°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala222.69°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha27.88°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati138.53°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra11.90°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शनि Śani230.85°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:44 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:34 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:49 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:09 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 50 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 09 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:45 – 03:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:30 – 04:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:37
Godhūli Muhūrta19:22 – 19:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:34 – 20:12
Amṛta Kāla19:19 – 21:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:39

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:00 – 15:52
Yamaganda04:44 – 06:35
Gulika Kāla08:26 – 10:18
Varjyam05:21 – 05:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:12 – 08:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:44 – 06:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:35 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:26 – 10:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:18 – 12:09 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:09 – 14:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:00 – 15:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:52 – 17:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:43 – 19:34 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:34 – 20:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:43 – 21:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:52 – 23:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:00 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:09 – 01:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:18 – 02:26 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:26 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:35 – 04:44 (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 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869048.27 · 5117.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457513.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0813° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)336.46° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (24.0813°) · declination 16.33° · EoT 3.35 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:2016-05-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)