पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · January 1, 2018 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 2.41 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन।

बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम्।।2.41।।
"2.41 By its means, the straying intellect becomes steadied in the contemplation of one object only; whereas the minds of the irresolute stray into bypaths innumerable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya256.46°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra61.24°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala199.79°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha233.51°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.60°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra254.24°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani247.14°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:08 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:24 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:10 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:20 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 16 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 43 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:02 – 07:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:27 – 08:08
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta16:12 – 16:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:24 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla16:09 – 17:54
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:10 – 10:12
Yamaganda11:14 – 12:16
Gulika Kāla13:18 – 14:20
Varjyam08:29 – 08:42
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta08:08 – 09:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla09:10 – 10:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:12 – 11:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:14 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:16 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:18 – 14:20 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:20 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:22 – 16:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:24 – 18:22 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:22 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:20 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:18 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:16 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:14 – 04:12 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:12 – 06:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala06:10 – 08:08 (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)1869654.27 · 5118.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458119.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1045° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)165.41° · 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 (24.1045°) · declination -23.02° · EoT -3.71 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:2018-01-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)