पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · January 24, 2022 CE

🪷 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 4.8 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे।।4.8।।
"4.8 To protect the righteous, to destroy the wicked and to establish the kingdom of God, I am reborn from age to age." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya279.86°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra170.72°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala245.20°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha278.12°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati311.23°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra257.06°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani290.42°MakaraŚravaṇa P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:54 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:55 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:32 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:44 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 00 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 59 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:42 – 07:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:09 – 07:54
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta16:43 – 17:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:55 – 17:17
Amṛta Kāla16:40 – 18:25
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:02 – 10:09
Yamaganda11:17 – 12:25
Gulika Kāla13:32 – 14:40
Varjyam08:17 – 08:31
Dur Muhūrta 10:00 – 10:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:54 – 09:02 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla09:02 – 10:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:09 – 11:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:17 – 12:25 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:25 – 13:32 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:32 – 14:40 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:40 – 15:47 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:47 – 16:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:55 – 18:47 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:47 – 20:40 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:40 – 22:32 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:32 – 00:25 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:25 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:17 – 04:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:09 – 06:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala06:02 – 07:54 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871138.27
Julian Day2459603.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1612°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)253.23°
🪷 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 (24.1612°), declination -19.25°, EoT -12.06 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: 2022-01-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)