पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · December 18, 2026 CE

Also observed today

धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 15.6 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga

न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।15.6।।

"15.6 Neither sun, moon, nor fire shines there. Those who go thither never come back. For, O Arjuna, that is my Celestial Home!" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 15.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava

Bengali Saṁvat: 1433

Malayalam Era: 1202

Nanakshahi: 557

Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	241.88°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
चन्द्र Candra	341.34°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	132.67°	Siṃha	Maghā P4
बुध Budha	233.29°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	122.53°	Siṃha	Maghā P1
शुक्र Śukra	195.77°	Tulā	Svātī P3
शनि Śani	343.80°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	08:04 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:15 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:10 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:34 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)	01:01 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	8 Hours 11 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	15 Hours 48 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:58 – 07:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	07:23 – 08:04
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:53 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:32 – 14:04
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:03 – 16:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:15 – 16:36
Amṛta Kāla	16:00 – 17:45
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:53 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:08 – 12:10
Yamaganda	14:13 – 15:14
Gulika Kāla	09:05 – 10:07
Varjyam	08:24 – 08:38
Dur Muhūrta	09:59 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	08:04 – 09:05 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	09:05 – 10:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	10:07 – 11:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	11:08 – 12:10 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:10 – 13:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:11 – 14:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	14:13 – 15:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	15:14 – 16:15 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	16:15 – 18:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	18:14 – 20:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	20:13 – 22:11 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:11 – 00:10 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:10 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	02:08 – 04:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	04:07 – 06:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	06:05 – 08:04 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 49.2827°

Longitude: -123.1207°

Timezone: UTC+-8

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1872927.27
Julian Day	2461392.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2296°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	103.21°

🪷 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 (24.2296°), declination -23.38°, EoT 2.79 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: 2026-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)