पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · August 10, 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 18.22 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन्कार्ये सक्तमहैतुकम्।अतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।18.22।।
"18.22 But that which clings blindly to one idea as if it were all, without logic, truth or insight, that has its origin in Darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya113.53°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra320.27°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala108.85°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha137.03°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.86°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra76.59°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani237.12°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:56 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:39 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:30 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:39 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 42 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 17 Mins 51 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:59 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:43 – 04:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:45 – 15:43
Godhūli Muhūrta19:27 – 19:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:39 – 20:15
Amṛta Kāla19:24 – 21:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:47

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:08 – 15:58
Yamaganda04:56 – 06:47
Gulika Kāla08:37 – 10:27
Varjyam05:33 – 05:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:56 – 06:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:47 – 08:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:37 – 10:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:27 – 12:18 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:18 – 14:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:08 – 15:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:58 – 17:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:48 – 19:39 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:39 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:48 – 21:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:58 – 23:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:08 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:18 – 01:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:27 – 02:37 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:37 – 03:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:47 – 04:56 (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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869510.27 · 5118.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457975.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0990° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)207.63° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (24.0990°) · declination 15.55° · EoT -5.06 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:2017-08-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)