पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · December 25, 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 14.11 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते।ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत।।14.11।।
"14.11 When the light of knowledge gleams forth from all the gates of the body, then be sure that Purity prevails." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.11'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)Citrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.53°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra182.27°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala99.37°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha227.08°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati49.77°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra295.59°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani319.93°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:07 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:19 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:29 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:59 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 11 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 48 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:02 – 07:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:26 – 08:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:08
Godhūli Muhūrta16:07 – 16:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:19 – 16:39
Amṛta Kāla16:04 – 17:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:29

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:13 – 13:14
Yamaganda09:09 – 10:10
Gulika Kāla11:12 – 12:13
Varjyam08:28 – 08:41
Dur Muhūrta 10:02 – 10:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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 · 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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha08:07 – 09:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta09:09 – 10:10 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:10 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:12 – 12:13 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:13 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:14 – 14:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:16 – 15:17 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:17 – 16:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:19 – 18:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:17 – 20:16 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:16 – 22:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:14 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:13 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:12 – 04:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:10 – 06:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg06:09 – 08:07 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872204.27
Julian Day2460669.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2020°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)292.08°
🪷 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 (24.2020°), declination -23.38°, EoT -0.49 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: 2024-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)