पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · May 10, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.25 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम्।

तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते।।8.25।।
"8.25 But if he departs in gloom, at night, during the fortnight of the waning moon and in the six months before the Southern solstice, then he reaches but lunar light and he will be born again." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya25.20°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra297.12°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala358.65°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha19.27°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati85.85°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra54.64°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani345.99°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:37 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:41 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:22 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:11 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 04 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 55 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:36 – 03:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:21 – 04:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:40
Godhūli Muhūrta19:29 – 19:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:41 – 20:19
Amṛta Kāla19:26 – 21:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:48 – 19:41
Yamaganda12:09 – 14:02
Gulika Kāla15:55 – 17:48
Varjyam05:14 – 05:38
Dur Muhūrta 08:08 – 08:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:37 – 06:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:30 – 08:23 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:23 – 10:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:16 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:09 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:02 – 15:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:55 – 17:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:48 – 19:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:41 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:48 – 21:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:55 – 23:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:02 – 00:09 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:09 – 01:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:16 – 02:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:23 – 03:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:30 – 04:37 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872705.27
Julian Day2461170.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2211°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)275.13°
🪷 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 (24.2211°), declination 17.58°, EoT 3.68 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: 2026-05-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)