पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · July 24, 2017 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 18.5 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यं कार्यमेव तत्।यज्ञो दानं तपश्चैव पावनानि मनीषिणाम्।।18.5।।
"18.5 Acts of sacrifice, benevolence and austerity should not be given up but should be performed, for they purify the aspiring soul." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya97.26°KarkaPuṣya P2
चन्द्र Candra105.86°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala97.94°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha123.42°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati171.54°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra56.95°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शनि Śani237.74°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:33 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:04 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:22 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:24 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 30 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 29 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:29 – 03:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:16 – 04:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:54 – 15:56
Godhūli Muhūrta19:52 – 20:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:04 – 20:43
Amṛta Kāla19:49 – 21:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:30 – 08:26
Yamaganda10:22 – 12:19
Gulika Kāla14:15 – 16:11
Varjyam05:12 – 05:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:11 – 08:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:33 – 06:30 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:30 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:26 – 10:22 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:22 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:19 – 14:15 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:15 – 16:11 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha16:11 – 18:08 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta18:08 – 20:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala20:04 – 21:08 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha21:08 – 22:11 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta22:11 – 23:15 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:15 – 00:19 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:19 – 01:22 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:22 – 02:26 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:26 – 03:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:30 – 04:33 (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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869493.27 · 5118.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457958.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0983° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)9.45° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (24.0983°) · declination 19.85° · EoT -6.16 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:2017-07-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)