पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · December 20, 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 5.19 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः।

निर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्माद्ब्रह्मणि ते स्थिताः।।5.19।।
"5.19 Even in this world they conquer their earth-life whose minds, fixed on the Supreme, remain always balanced; for the Supreme has neither blemish nor bias." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.66°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra149.26°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala263.96°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha247.84°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati152.22°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra275.70°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani356.81°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:05 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:16 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:37 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:09 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 11 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 48 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta07:00 – 07:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:24 – 08:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta13:32 – 14:05
Godhūli Muhūrta16:04 – 16:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:16 – 16:37
Amṛta Kāla16:01 – 17:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:27

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:06 – 10:08
Yamaganda11:09 – 12:11
Gulika Kāla13:12 – 14:13
Varjyam08:26 – 08:39
Dur Muhūrta 10:00 – 10:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta08:05 – 09:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla09:06 – 10:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:08 – 11:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:09 – 12:11 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:11 – 13:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:12 – 14:13 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:13 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:15 – 16:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:16 – 18:15 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:15 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:13 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:12 – 00:11 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:11 – 02:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:09 – 04:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:08 – 06:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala06:06 – 08:05 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873294.27
Julian Day2461759.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2437°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)263.24°
🪷 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 (24.2437°), declination -23.42°, EoT 1.85 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: 2027-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)