पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · June 18, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.5 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम्।

यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः।।8.5।।
"8.5 Whosoever at the time of death thinks only of Me, and thinking thus leaves the body and goes forth, assuredly he will know Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya62.65°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra292.66°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala353.18°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha39.18°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati341.95°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra29.61°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शनि Śani301.00°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:06 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:21 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:46 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:20 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)16 Hours 14 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)7 Hours 45 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta01:56 – 03:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā02:45 – 04:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:56 – 16:01
Godhūli Muhūrta20:09 – 20:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:21 – 21:01
Amṛta Kāla20:06 – 21:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:10 – 10:11
Yamaganda14:15 – 16:17
Gulika Kāla04:06 – 06:08
Varjyam04:47 – 05:13
Dur Muhūrta 07:53 – 08:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:06 – 06:08 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:08 – 08:10 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:10 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:11 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:13 – 14:15 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:15 – 16:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:17 – 18:19 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla18:19 – 20:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha20:21 – 21:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta21:19 – 22:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:17 – 23:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:15 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:13 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:11 – 02:10 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:10 – 03:08 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:08 – 04:06 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871283.27
Julian Day2459748.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1668°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)227.27°
🪷 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 (24.1668°), declination 23.40°, EoT -0.82 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: 2022-06-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)