पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · December 16, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.41 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ।

पाप्मानं प्रजहि ह्येनं ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम्।।3.41।।
"3.41 Therefore, O Arjuna, first control thy senses and then slay desire, for it is full of sin, and is the destroyer of knowledge and of wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya239.61°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra280.07°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala231.11°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha253.40°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.80°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra198.83°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani307.89°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:02 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:15 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:22 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:19 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 12 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 47 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:57 – 07:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:21 – 08:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:04
Godhūli Muhūrta16:03 – 16:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:15 – 16:36
Amṛta Kāla16:00 – 17:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:06 – 11:07
Yamaganda13:10 – 14:12
Gulika Kāla08:02 – 09:04
Varjyam08:23 – 08:36
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla08:02 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha09:04 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:06 – 11:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:07 – 12:09 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:09 – 13:10 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:10 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:12 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:14 – 16:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:15 – 18:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:14 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:12 – 22:10 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:10 – 00:09 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:09 – 02:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:07 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:06 – 06:04 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha06:04 – 08:02 (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 Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871829.27
Julian Day2460294.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1876°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)38.48°
🪷 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 (24.1876°), declination -23.29°, EoT 3.72 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: 2023-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)