पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · July 7, 2023 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.76 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
राजन्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम्।केशवार्जुनयोः पुण्यं हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुहुः।।18.76।।
"18.76 O King! The more I think of that marvellous and holy discourse, the more I lose myself in joy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.76's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya80.53°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra310.36°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala123.40°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha87.13°MithunaPunarvasu P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati16.14°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra119.70°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani312.80°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:15 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)20:19 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:19 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:54 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)16 Hours 04 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)7 Hours 55 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:06 – 03:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā02:54 – 04:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:58 – 16:02
Godhūli Muhūrta20:07 – 20:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā20:19 – 20:59
Amṛta Kāla20:04 – 21:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:16 – 12:17
Yamaganda16:18 – 18:19
Gulika Kāla06:15 – 08:16
Varjyam04:55 – 05:21
Dur Muhūrta 08:00 – 08:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Chala04:15 – 06:15 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:15 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:16 – 10:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:16 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:17 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:18 – 16:18 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:18 – 18:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala18:19 – 20:19 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga20:19 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg21:19 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:18 – 23:18 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:18 – 00:17 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:17 – 01:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:16 – 02:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:16 – 03:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:15 – 04:15 (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 Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871667.27
Julian Day2460132.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1815°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)226.87°
🪷 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 (24.1815°), declination 22.62°, EoT -4.52 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: 2023-07-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)