पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · July 16, 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: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.22 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः।

यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते।।6.22।।
"6.22 Finding That, he will realise that there is no possession so precious. And when once established here, no calamity can disturb him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya89.87°MithunaPunarvasu P3
चन्द्र Candra223.84°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala210.54°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha99.74°KarkaPuṣya P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.61°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra100.40°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani226.13°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:24 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:12 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:59 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:29 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 48 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 11 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:18 – 03:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:05 – 04:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:56 – 15:59
Godhūli Muhūrta20:00 – 20:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:12 – 20:52
Amṛta Kāla19:57 – 21:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:21 – 10:20
Yamaganda14:17 – 16:15
Gulika Kāla04:24 – 06:23
Varjyam05:04 – 05:29
Dur Muhūrta 08:05 – 08:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 Kāla04:24 – 06:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:23 – 08:21 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:21 – 10:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:20 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:18 – 14:17 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:17 – 16:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:15 – 18:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla18:14 – 20:12 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha20:12 – 21:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta21:14 – 22:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:15 – 23:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:17 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:18 – 01:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:20 – 02:21 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:21 – 03:23 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:23 – 04:24 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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)1869120.27 · 5117.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457585.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0840° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)133.30° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (24.0840°) · declination 21.31° · EoT -5.68 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:2016-07-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)