पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · December 24, 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 4.6 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन्।

प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय संभवाम्यात्ममायया।।4.6।।
"4.6 have no beginning. Though I am imperishable, as well as Lord of all that exists, yet by My own will and power do I manifest Myself." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.6'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 Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.76°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra31.80°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala236.97°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha244.39°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.49°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra208.45°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani308.48°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:07 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:18 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:09 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:29 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 11 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 48 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:02 – 07:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:26 – 08:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:07
Godhūli Muhūrta16:06 – 16:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:18 – 16:38
Amṛta Kāla16:03 – 17:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:29

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:17 – 16:18
Yamaganda12:13 – 13:14
Gulika Kāla14:15 – 15:17
Varjyam08:27 – 08:41
Dur Muhūrta 10:02 – 10:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg08:07 – 09:08 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:08 – 10:10 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:10 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:11 – 12:13 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:13 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:14 – 14:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:15 – 15:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:17 – 16:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:18 – 18:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:17 – 20:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:15 – 22:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:14 – 00:13 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:13 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:11 – 04:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:10 – 06:08 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:08 – 08:07 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871837.27
Julian Day2460302.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1880°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)144.63°
🪷 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 (24.1880°), declination -23.42°, EoT -0.03 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: 2023-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)