पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · September 24, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.3 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते।सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम्।।12.3।।
"12.3 Those who worship Me as the Indestructible, the Undefinable, the Omnipresent, the Unthinkable, the Primeval, the Immutable and the Eternal;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya156.79°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra304.46°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala93.02°KarkaPunarvasu P4
बुध Budha176.32°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati113.88°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra192.43°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani347.93°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:00 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:47 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:01 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:24 – 05:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:00 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:34 – 15:05
Yamaganda06:00 – 07:31
Gulika Kāla09:02 – 10:33
Varjyam06:31 – 06:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:00 – 07:31 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:31 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:02 – 10:33 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:33 – 12:04 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:04 – 13:34 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:34 – 15:05 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:05 – 16:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:36 – 18:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:07 – 19:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:36 – 21:05 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:05 – 22:34 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:34 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:04 – 01:33 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:33 – 03:02 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:02 – 04:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:31 – 06:00 (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 Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872842.27
Julian Day2461307.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2264°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)147.22°
🪷 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 (24.2264°), declination -0.41°, EoT 8.79 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: 2026-09-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)