पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · March 20, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.4 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।

अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।।
"7.4 Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and personality; this is the eightfold division of My Manifested Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya335.22°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra348.09°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala319.11°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
बुध Budha314.01°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati80.83°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra352.31°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani339.92°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:17 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:25 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:46 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:38 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 51 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:39 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:16 – 06:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:25 – 18:55
Amṛta Kāla18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:50 – 12:21
Yamaganda15:23 – 16:54
Gulika Kāla07:48 – 09:19
Varjyam06:47 – 07:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:06 – 09:31

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

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 Chala06:17 – 07:48 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:48 – 09:19 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:19 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:50 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:21 – 13:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:52 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:23 – 16:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:54 – 18:25 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:25 – 19:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:54 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:23 – 22:52 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:52 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:21 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:50 – 03:19 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:19 – 04:48 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:48 – 06:17 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872654.27
Julian Day2461119.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2192°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)11.37°
🪷 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 (24.2192°), declination -0.22°, EoT -8.15 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: 2026-03-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)