पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · January 4, 2024 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 4.17 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कर्मणो ह्यपि बोद्धव्यं बोद्धव्यं च विकर्मणः।

अकर्मणश्च बोद्धव्यं गहना कर्मणो गतिः।।4.17।।
"4.17 It is necessary to consider what is right action, what is wrong action, and what is inaction, for mysterious is the law of action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya258.96°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra167.81°KanyāHasta P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala245.10°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha237.79°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.44°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra221.80°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani309.43°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:08 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:27 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:31 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:54 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 18 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 41 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:02 – 07:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:26 – 08:08
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta13:41 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta16:15 – 16:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:27 – 16:48
Amṛta Kāla16:12 – 17:57
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:20 – 14:22
Yamaganda08:08 – 09:10
Gulika Kāla10:13 – 11:15
Varjyam08:29 – 08:42
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
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):
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha08:08 – 09:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga09:10 – 10:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:13 – 11:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:15 – 12:18 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:18 – 13:20 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:20 – 14:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:22 – 15:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:25 – 16:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:27 – 18:25 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:25 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:22 – 22:20 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:20 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:18 – 02:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:15 – 04:13 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:13 – 06:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta06:10 – 08:08 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Hasta alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871848.27
Julian Day2460313.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1884°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)271.28°
🪷 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 (24.1884°), declination -22.79°, EoT -5.02 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: 2024-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)