पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · July 18, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.24 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
सङ्कल्पप्रभवान्कामांस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वानशेषतः।

मनसैवेन्द्रियग्रामं विनियम्य समन्ततः।।6.24।।
"6.24 Renouncing every desire which imagination can conceive, controlling the senses at every point by the power of mind;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya91.78°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra248.69°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala210.97°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha103.64°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.94°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra102.86°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani226.05°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:26 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:10 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:42 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:50 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 43 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 16 Mins 08 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:21 – 03:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:08 – 04:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:56 – 15:59
Godhūli Muhūrta19:58 – 20:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:10 – 20:50
Amṛta Kāla19:55 – 21:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:24 – 08:22
Yamaganda10:20 – 12:18
Gulika Kāla14:16 – 16:14
Varjyam05:06 – 05:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:07 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:26 – 06:24 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:24 – 08:22 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:22 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:20 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:18 – 14:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:16 – 16:14 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha16:14 – 18:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta18:12 – 20:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala20:10 – 21:12 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha21:12 – 22:14 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta22:14 – 23:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:16 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:18 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:20 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:22 – 03:24 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:24 – 04:26 (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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869122.27 · 5117.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457587.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0841° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)156.17° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (24.0841°) · declination 20.97° · EoT -5.86 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:2016-07-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)