पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · August 29, 2019 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: मासिक शिवरात्रि — Māsika Śivarātri
Monthly Śiva observance.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.70 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः।ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः।।18.70।।
"18.70 He who will study this spiritual discourse of ours, I assure thee, he shall thereby worship Me at the altar of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.70's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya131.32°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra111.39°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala132.48°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha125.08°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati230.85°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra135.11°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani260.05°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:23 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:03 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:30 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:16 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 40 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 19 Mins 35 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:33 – 04:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:14 – 05:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:51 – 19:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:03 – 19:37
Amṛta Kāla18:48 – 20:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:56 – 15:38
Yamaganda05:23 – 07:05
Gulika Kāla08:48 – 10:30
Varjyam05:57 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:34 – 09:02

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:23 – 07:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:05 – 08:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:48 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:30 – 12:13 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:13 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:56 – 15:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:38 – 17:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:21 – 19:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:03 – 20:21 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:21 – 21:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:38 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:56 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:13 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:30 – 02:48 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:48 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:05 – 05:23 (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 Year5121 · Kali-5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870259.27 · 5120.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458724.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1276° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)340.88° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (24.1276°) · declination 9.51° · EoT -0.50 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:2019-08-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)