पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · December 18, 2023 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 3.43 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना।

जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम्।।3.43।।
"3.43 Thus, O Mighty-in-Arms, knowing Him to be beyond the intellect and, by His help, subduing thy personal egotism, kill thine enemy, Desire, extremely difficult though it be."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.65°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra308.81°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala232.57°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha251.95°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.70°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra201.23°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani308.03°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:04 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:16 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:24 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:53 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 11 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 48 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:58 – 07:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:23 – 08:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:32 – 14:04
Godhūli Muhūrta16:04 – 16:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:16 – 16:36
Amṛta Kāla16:01 – 17:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:05 – 10:07
Yamaganda11:08 – 12:10
Gulika Kāla13:11 – 14:13
Varjyam08:24 – 08:37
Dur Muhūrta 09:59 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta08:04 – 09:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla09:05 – 10:07 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:07 – 11:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:08 – 12:10 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:10 – 13:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:11 – 14:13 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:13 – 15:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:14 – 16:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:16 – 18:14 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:14 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:13 – 22:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:11 – 00:10 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:10 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:08 – 04:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:07 – 06:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala06:05 – 08:04 (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 Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871831.27
Julian Day2460296.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1877°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)65.25°
🪷 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 (24.1877°), declination -23.37°, EoT 2.79 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: 2023-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)