पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · December 13, 2016 CE

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🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.33 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अक्षराणामकारोऽस्मि द्वन्द्वः सामासिकस्य च।

अहमेवाक्षयः कालो धाताऽहं विश्वतोमुखः।।10.33।।
"10.33 Of letters I am A; I am the copulative in compound words; I am Time inexhaustible; and I am the all-pervading Preserver." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.33's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya237.37°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra43.64°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala300.88°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha257.85°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati174.12°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra281.95°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani234.88°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:00 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:15 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:19 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:06 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 14 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 45 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:54 – 07:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:19 – 08:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:30 – 14:03
Godhūli Muhūrta16:03 – 16:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:15 – 16:35
Amṛta Kāla16:00 – 17:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:11 – 15:13
Yamaganda10:04 – 11:06
Gulika Kāla12:07 – 13:09
Varjyam08:21 – 08:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga08:00 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:02 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:04 – 11:06 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:06 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:07 – 13:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:09 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:11 – 15:13 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:13 – 16:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:15 – 18:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:13 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:11 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:09 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:07 – 02:06 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:06 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:04 – 06:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:02 – 08:00 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturdaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

🌌 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)1869270.27 · 5117.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457735.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0898° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)167.67° · 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 (24.0898°) · declination -23.16° · EoT 5.09 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:2016-12-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)