पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · May 20, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.7 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्।

कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्।।9.7।।
"9.7 All beings, O Arjuna, return at the close of every cosmic cycle into the realm of Nature, which is a part of Me, and at the beginning of the next I send them forth again." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya34.84°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra80.22°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala6.21°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha41.02°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati87.50°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शुक्र Śukra66.62°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani347.01°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:23 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:55 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:10 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:11 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 31 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 28 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:19 – 03:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:05 – 04:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:44 – 15:46
Godhūli Muhūrta19:43 – 20:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:55 – 20:33
Amṛta Kāla19:40 – 21:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:09 – 14:05
Yamaganda06:20 – 08:16
Gulika Kāla10:12 – 12:09
Varjyam05:02 – 05:27
Dur Muhūrta 08:00 – 08:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:23 – 06:20 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:20 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:16 – 10:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:12 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:09 – 14:05 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:05 – 16:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala16:02 – 17:58 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:58 – 19:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:55 – 20:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:58 – 22:02 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha22:02 – 23:05 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:05 – 00:09 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:09 – 01:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:12 – 02:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:16 – 03:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:20 – 04:23 (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 Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872715.27
Julian Day2461180.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2215°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.47°
🪷 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 (24.2215°), declination 19.95°, EoT 3.60 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: 2026-05-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)