पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · May 15, 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: वट सावित्री अमावस्या — Vaṭa Sāvitrī Amāvasyā
Sāvitrī's redemption of Satyavān from Yama; pati-vrata observance.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.18 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि।

शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः।।5.18।।
"5.18 Sages look equally upon all, whether he be a minister of learning and humility, or an infidel, or whether it be a cow, an elephant or a dog." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya30.07°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra24.10°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala275.18°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha7.81°MeṣaAśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati203.32°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra60.24°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani254.34°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:30 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:48 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:16 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:13 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 18 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 41 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:27 – 03:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:13 – 04:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:43
Godhūli Muhūrta19:36 – 20:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:48 – 20:26
Amṛta Kāla19:33 – 21:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:39

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:58 – 17:53
Yamaganda08:19 – 10:14
Gulika Kāla12:09 – 14:04
Varjyam05:08 – 05:32
Dur Muhūrta 08:04 – 08:34

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:30 – 06:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:24 – 08:19 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:19 – 10:14 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:14 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:09 – 14:04 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:04 – 15:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:58 – 17:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:53 – 19:48 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:48 – 20:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:53 – 21:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:58 – 23:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:04 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:09 – 01:14 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:14 – 02:19 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:19 – 03:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:24 – 04:30 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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 Year5120 · Kali-5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869788.27 · 5119.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458253.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1096° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)352.79° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (24.1096°) · declination 18.82° · EoT 3.76 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2018-05-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)