पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · July 28, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.9 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन।सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः।।18.9।।
"18.9 He who performs an obligatory action, because he believes it to be a duty which ought to be done, without any personal desire to do the act or to receive any return - such renunciation is Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.9'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

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya101.08°KarkaPuṣya P3
चन्द्र Candra160.94°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala100.52°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha127.97°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.03°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra61.53°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani237.56°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:39 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:59 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:24 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:12 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 20 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 39 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:36 – 03:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:22 – 04:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:52 – 15:53
Godhūli Muhūrta19:47 – 20:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:59 – 20:37
Amṛta Kāla19:44 – 21:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:24 – 12:19
Yamaganda16:09 – 18:04
Gulika Kāla06:34 – 08:29
Varjyam05:17 – 05:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:13 – 08:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:39 – 06:34 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:34 – 08:29 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:29 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:24 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:19 – 14:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:14 – 16:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:09 – 18:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala18:04 – 19:59 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:59 – 21:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg21:04 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:09 – 23:14 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:14 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:19 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:24 – 02:29 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:29 – 03:34 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:34 – 04:39 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869497.27
Julian Day2457962.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0985°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)59.33°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0985°), declination 18.97°, EoT -6.17 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2017-07-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)