पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · July 18, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.6 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय।

अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा।।7.6।।
"7.6 It is the womb of all being; for I am He by Whom the worlds were created and shall be dissolved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya91.29°KarkaPunarvasu P4
चन्द्र Candra158.95°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala282.16°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha116.57°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.20°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra134.44°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani250.17°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:26 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:11 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:51 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:47 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 44 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 15 Mins 06 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:20 – 03:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:07 – 04:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:56 – 15:59
Godhūli Muhūrta19:59 – 20:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:11 – 20:50
Amṛta Kāla19:56 – 21:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:18 – 14:16
Yamaganda06:24 – 08:22
Gulika Kāla10:20 – 12:18
Varjyam05:05 – 05:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:06 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:26 – 06:24 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:24 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:22 – 10:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:20 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:18 – 14:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:16 – 16:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala16:15 – 18:13 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha18:13 – 20:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg20:11 – 21:13 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala21:13 – 22:15 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha22:15 – 23:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:16 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:18 – 01:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:20 – 02:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:22 – 03:24 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:24 – 04:26 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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)1869852.27 · 5119.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458317.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1120° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)64.91° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (24.1120°) · declination 21.06° · EoT -5.86 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:2018-07-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)