पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · December 15, 2016 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.35 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसामहम्।

मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहमृतूनां कुसुमाकरः।।10.35।।
"10.35 Of hymns I am Brihatsama, of metres I am Garatri, among the months I am Margasheersha (December), and I am the Spring among seasons." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya239.40°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra73.83°MithunaĀrdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala302.39°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha259.39°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati174.41°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra284.24°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani235.11°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:02 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:15 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:02 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:10 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 12 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 47 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:56 – 07:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:21 – 08:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:30 – 14:03
Godhūli Muhūrta16:03 – 16:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:15 – 16:35
Amṛta Kāla16:00 – 17:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:10 – 14:12
Yamaganda08:02 – 09:03
Gulika Kāla10:05 – 11:07
Varjyam08:22 – 08:36
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha08:02 – 09:03 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga09:03 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:05 – 11:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:07 – 12:08 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:08 – 13:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:10 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:12 – 15:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:13 – 16:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:15 – 18:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:13 – 20:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:12 – 22:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:10 – 00:08 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:08 – 02:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:07 – 04:05 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:05 – 06:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta06:03 – 08:02 (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)1869272.27 · 5117.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457737.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0899° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)194.44° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (24.0899°) · declination -23.28° · EoT 4.18 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:2016-12-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)