पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · August 14, 2025 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.19 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।
"2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya117.32°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra358.39°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala159.84°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha100.08°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati80.13°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra81.63°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शनि Śani336.96°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:02 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:31 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:36 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:06 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 29 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 30 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:06 – 04:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:50 – 05:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:40
Godhūli Muhūrta19:19 – 19:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:31 – 20:08
Amṛta Kāla19:16 – 21:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:06 – 15:54
Yamaganda05:02 – 06:51
Gulika Kāla08:40 – 10:28
Varjyam05:38 – 06:02
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:02 – 06:51 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:51 – 08:40 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:40 – 10:28 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:28 – 12:17 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:17 – 14:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:06 – 15:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:54 – 17:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:43 – 19:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:31 – 20:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:43 – 21:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:54 – 23:06 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:06 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:17 – 01:28 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:28 – 02:40 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:40 – 03:51 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:51 – 05:02 (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 Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872436.27
Julian Day2460901.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2109°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)240.18°
🪷 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 (24.2109°), declination 14.33°, EoT -4.37 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: 2025-08-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)