पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · August 6, 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 18.18 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना।करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः।।18.18।।
"18.18 Knowledge, the knower and the object of knowledge, these are the three incentives to action; and the act, the actor and the instrument are the threefold constituents." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.18'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 Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya109.69°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra270.07°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala106.29°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha135.37°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.26°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra71.93°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शनि Śani237.23°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:51 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:45 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:43 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:16 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 54 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 05 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:52 – 03:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:36 – 04:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:47 – 15:47
Godhūli Muhūrta19:33 – 19:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:45 – 20:23
Amṛta Kāla19:30 – 21:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:54 – 19:45
Yamaganda12:18 – 14:10
Gulika Kāla16:02 – 17:54
Varjyam05:28 – 05:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:51 – 06:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:43 – 08:34 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:34 – 10:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:26 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:18 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:10 – 16:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga16:02 – 17:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:54 – 19:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:45 – 20:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:54 – 22:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg22:02 – 23:10 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:10 – 00:18 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:18 – 01:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:26 – 02:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:34 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:43 – 04:51 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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)1869506.27 · 5118.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457971.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0988° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)159.66° · 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 (24.0988°) · declination 16.69° · EoT -5.59 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:2017-08-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)