पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · January 28, 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.68 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः।

इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।2.68।।
"2.68 Therefore, O Might-in-Arms, he who keeps his senses detached from their objects - take it that his reason is purified." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.68's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.95°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra54.71°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala216.52°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha270.15°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati206.49°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra288.19°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani250.17°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:50 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:01 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:06 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:11 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 11 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 48 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:36 – 07:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:04 – 07:50
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta16:49 – 17:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:01 – 17:24
Amṛta Kāla16:46 – 18:31
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:52 – 17:01
Yamaganda12:25 – 13:34
Gulika Kāla14:43 – 15:52
Varjyam08:13 – 08:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:17

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:50 – 08:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:59 – 10:08 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:08 – 11:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:17 – 12:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:25 – 13:34 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:34 – 14:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:43 – 15:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:52 – 17:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:01 – 18:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:52 – 20:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:43 – 22:34 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:34 – 00:25 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:25 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:17 – 04:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:08 – 05:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:59 – 07:50 (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)1869681.27 · 5119.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458146.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1055° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)133.40° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (24.1055°) · declination -18.25° · EoT -12.97 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:2018-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)