पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · January 13, 2029 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 17.18 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत्।क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम्।।17.18।।
"17.18 Austerity coupled with hypocrisy or performed for the sake of self-glorification, popularity or vanity, comes from Passion, and its result is always doubtful and temporary." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2086 Dundubhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1951 Saumya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1436
Malayalam Era: 1205
Nanakshahi: 560
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.87°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra248.61°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala163.69°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha275.85°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati181.86°TulāCitrā P3
शुक्र Śukra251.51°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani10.18°MeṣaAśvinī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:04 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:39 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:56 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:04 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 34 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 25 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:55 – 07:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:21 – 08:04
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta16:27 – 16:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:39 – 17:00
Amṛta Kāla16:24 – 18:09
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:38

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:12 – 11:17
Yamaganda13:25 – 14:30
Gulika Kāla08:04 – 09:08
Varjyam08:25 – 08:39
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla08:04 – 09:08 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha09:08 – 10:12 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:12 – 11:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:17 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:21 – 13:25 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:25 – 14:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:30 – 15:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:34 – 16:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:39 – 18:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:34 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:30 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:25 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:21 – 02:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:17 – 04:12 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:12 – 06:08 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha06:08 – 08:04 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5130
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873684.27
Julian Day2462149.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2586°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)340.87°
🪷 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 (24.2586°), declination -21.46°, EoT -8.64 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: 2029-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)