पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · December 27, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.15 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga🪷 Sarvasya Cāhaṁ Hṛdi Sanniviṣṭo · I dwell in every heart
सर्वस्य चाहं हृदि सन्निविष्टो मत्तः स्मृतिर्ज्ञानमपोहनं च।वेदैश्च सर्वैरहमेव वेद्यो वेदान्तकृद्वेदविदेव चाहम्।।15.15।।
"15.15 I am enthroned in the hearts of all; memory, wisdom and discrimination owe their origins to Me. I am He Who is to be realised in the scriptures; I inspire their wisdom and I know their truth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya251.05°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra113.00°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala134.55°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha247.42°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati122.25°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra203.98°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani343.99°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:08 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:20 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:42 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:22 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 12 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 47 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:02 – 07:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:27 – 08:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:09
Godhūli Muhūrta16:08 – 16:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:20 – 16:40
Amṛta Kāla16:05 – 17:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:30

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:18 – 16:20
Yamaganda12:14 – 13:15
Gulika Kāla14:17 – 15:18
Varjyam08:28 – 08:41
Dur Muhūrta 10:03 – 10:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg08:08 – 09:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala09:09 – 10:11 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:11 – 11:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:12 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:14 – 13:15 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:15 – 14:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:17 – 15:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:18 – 16:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:20 – 18:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:18 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:17 – 22:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:15 – 00:14 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:14 – 02:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:12 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:11 – 06:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha06:09 – 08:08 (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 Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872936.27
Julian Day2461401.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2300°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)219.20°
🪷 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 (24.2300°), declination -23.33°, EoT -1.42 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: 2026-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)