पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · January 6, 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 4.19 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः।

ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं तमाहुः पण्डितं बुधाः।।4.19।।
"4.19 The wise call him a sage, for whatever he undertakes is free from the motive of desire, and his deeds are purified by the fire of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.19'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 Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya261.00°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra192.16°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala246.59°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha238.58°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.47°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra224.24°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani309.61°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:08 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:29 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:45 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:41 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 21 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 38 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:01 – 07:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:26 – 08:08
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:17 – 16:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:29 – 16:50
Amṛta Kāla16:14 – 17:59
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:13 – 11:16
Yamaganda13:21 – 14:24
Gulika Kāla08:08 – 09:10
Varjyam08:29 – 08:42
Dur Muhūrta 10:05 – 10:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla08:08 – 09:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha09:10 – 10:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:13 – 11:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:16 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:18 – 13:21 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:21 – 14:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:24 – 15:26 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:26 – 16:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:29 – 18:26 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:26 – 20:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:24 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:21 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:18 – 02:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:16 – 04:13 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:13 – 06:10 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha06:10 – 08:08 (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)1871850.27
Julian Day2460315.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1884°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)292.93°
🪷 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 -22.57°, EoT -5.88 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: 2024-01-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)