पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · January 12, 2027 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 16.11 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः।कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्िचताः।।16.11।।
"16.11 Poring anxiously over evil resolutions, which only end in death; seeking only the gratification of desire as the highest goal; seeing nothing beyond;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.35°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra313.00°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala135.77°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha273.41°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati121.14°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra220.26°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani344.68°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:05 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:37 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:01 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:45 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 31 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 28 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:57 – 07:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:22 – 08:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta16:25 – 16:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:37 – 16:58
Amṛta Kāla16:22 – 18:07
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:29 – 15:33
Yamaganda10:13 – 11:17
Gulika Kāla12:21 – 13:25
Varjyam08:26 – 08:40
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga08:05 – 09:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg09:09 – 10:13 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:13 – 11:17 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:17 – 12:21 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:21 – 13:25 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:25 – 14:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:29 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:33 – 16:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:37 – 18:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:33 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:29 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:25 – 00:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:21 – 02:17 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:17 – 04:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:13 – 06:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla06:09 – 08:05 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872952.27
Julian Day2461417.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2306°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)49.16°
🪷 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 (24.2306°), declination -21.71°, EoT -8.27 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: 2027-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)