पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · January 7, 2022 CE

🪷 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 3.34 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ।

तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ।।3.34।।
"3.34 The love and hate which are aroused by the objects of sense arise from Nature; do not yield to them. They only obstruct the path." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.55°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra320.12°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala232.96°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha281.50°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati307.58°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra265.39°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani288.45°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:07 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:31 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:34 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:44 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 23 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 36 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:00 – 07:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:25 – 08:07
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:16
Godhūli Muhūrta16:19 – 16:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:31 – 16:52
Amṛta Kāla16:16 – 18:01
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:36

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:16 – 12:19
Yamaganda14:25 – 15:28
Gulika Kāla09:10 – 10:13
Varjyam08:28 – 08:41
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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 · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala08:07 – 09:10 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha09:10 – 10:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:13 – 11:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:16 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:19 – 13:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:22 – 14:25 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:25 – 15:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:28 – 16:31 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:31 – 18:28 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:28 – 20:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:25 – 22:22 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:22 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:19 – 02:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:16 – 04:13 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:13 – 06:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga06:10 – 08:07 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871121.27
Julian Day2459586.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1606°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)55.61°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.1606°), declination -22.39°, EoT -6.29 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2022-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)