पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · January 1, 2025 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 14.18 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः।।14.18।।
"14.18 When Purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when Passion, he neither evolves nor degenerates; when Ignorance, he is lost." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya256.67°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra270.31°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala97.34°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha235.27°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati48.97°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra303.21°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani320.42°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:08 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:24 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:54 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:28 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 16 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 43 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:02 – 07:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:27 – 08:08
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta16:12 – 16:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:24 – 16:45
Amṛta Kāla16:09 – 17:54
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:33

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:16 – 13:18
Yamaganda09:10 – 10:12
Gulika Kāla11:14 – 12:16
Varjyam08:29 – 08:42
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha08:08 – 09:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta09:10 – 10:12 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:12 – 11:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:14 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:16 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:18 – 14:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:20 – 15:22 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:22 – 16:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:24 – 18:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:22 – 20:20 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:20 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:18 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:16 – 02:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:14 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:12 – 06:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg06:10 – 08:08 (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)1872211.27
Julian Day2460676.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2023°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)12.73°
🪷 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 (24.2023°), declination -22.99°, EoT -3.71 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: 2025-01-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)