पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · May 13, 2027 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.2 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा।

आचार्यमुपसङ्गम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत्।।1.2।।
"1.2 Sanjaya replied: "The Prince Duryodhana, when he saw the army of the Pandavas paraded, approached his preceptor Guru Drona and spoke as follows:" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya27.85°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra115.85°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala124.82°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha43.10°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati113.88°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra3.18°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शनि Śani357.81°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:33 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:45 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:45 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:16 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 12 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 47 Mins 39 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:31 – 03:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:17 – 04:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:42
Godhūli Muhūrta19:33 – 19:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:45 – 20:23
Amṛta Kāla19:30 – 21:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:03 – 15:57
Yamaganda04:33 – 06:27
Gulika Kāla08:21 – 10:15
Varjyam05:11 – 05:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:05 – 08:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

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 Śubha04:33 – 06:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:27 – 08:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:21 – 10:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:15 – 12:09 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:09 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:03 – 15:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:57 – 17:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:51 – 19:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:45 – 20:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:51 – 21:57 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:57 – 23:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:03 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:09 – 01:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:15 – 02:21 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:21 – 03:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:27 – 04:33 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873073.27
Julian Day2461538.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2352°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)86.45°
🪷 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 (24.2352°), declination 18.29°, EoT 3.75 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: 2027-05-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)