पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · March 5, 2025 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.10 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्।उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्।।17.10।।
"17.10 The Ignorant love food which is stale, not nourishing, putrid and corrupt, the leavings of others and unclean." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya320.51°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra29.02°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala82.91°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha337.79°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati48.36°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra346.17°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani327.08°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:48 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:23 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:35 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 14 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 45 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:18 – 06:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:48
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:17 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:30
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:25 – 13:49
Yamaganda08:12 – 09:36
Gulika Kāla11:00 – 12:25
Varjyam07:16 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:48 – 08:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:12 – 09:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:36 – 11:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:00 – 12:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:25 – 13:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:49 – 15:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:13 – 16:37 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:37 – 18:02 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:02 – 19:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:37 – 21:13 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:13 – 22:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:49 – 00:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:25 – 02:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:00 – 03:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:36 – 05:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:12 – 06:48 (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)1872274.27
Julian Day2460739.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2047°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)65.57°
🪷 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 (24.2047°), declination -6.02°, EoT -12.23 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: 2025-03-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)