पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · December 28, 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.6 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
पश्यादित्यान्वसून्रुद्रानश्िवनौ मरुतस्तथा।

बहून्यदृष्टपूर्वाणि पश्याऽश्चर्याणि भारत।।11.6।।
"11.6 Behold thou the Powers of Nature: fire, earth, wind and sky; the sun, the heavens, the moon, the stars; all forces of vitality and of healing; and the roving winds. See the myriad wonders revealed to none but thee." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya252.64°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra238.81°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala312.19°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha254.16°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.11°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra298.83°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani236.64°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:08 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:21 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:14 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:24 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 12 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 47 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:02 – 07:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:27 – 08:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:09
Godhūli Muhūrta16:09 – 16:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:21 – 16:41
Amṛta Kāla16:06 – 17:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:31

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:14 – 13:16
Yamaganda09:10 – 10:11
Gulika Kāla11:13 – 12:14
Varjyam08:28 – 08:42
Dur Muhūrta 10:03 – 10:19

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha08:08 – 09:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta09:10 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:11 – 11:13 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:13 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:14 – 13:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:16 – 14:18 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:18 – 15:19 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:19 – 16:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:21 – 18:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:19 – 20:18 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:18 – 22:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:16 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:14 – 02:13 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:13 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:11 – 06:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg06:10 – 08:08 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 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)1869285.27 · 5117.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457750.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0903° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)345.43° · 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 (24.0903°) · declination -23.27° · EoT -1.89 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:2016-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)