पञ्चाङ्ग — Vancouver, Canada · January 11, 2030 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 6.42 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्।

एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्।।6.42।।
"6.42 Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed, very difficult to obtain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2087 Rudhirodgāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1952 Sādhāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1437
Malayalam Era: 1206
Nanakshahi: 561
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.57°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra350.67°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala297.92°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha246.61°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.06°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra258.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani23.79°MeṣaBharaṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)08:05 UTC-8
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:36 UTC-8
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 UTC-8
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:26 UTC-8
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:28 UTC-8
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 30 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 29 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:57 – 07:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:23 – 08:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:24 – 16:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:36 – 16:57
Amṛta Kāla16:21 – 18:06
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:17 – 12:20
Yamaganda14:28 – 15:32
Gulika Kāla09:09 – 10:13
Varjyam08:26 – 08:40
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala08:05 – 09:09 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha09:09 – 10:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:13 – 11:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:17 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:20 – 13:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:24 – 14:28 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:28 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:32 – 16:36 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:36 – 18:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:32 – 20:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:28 – 22:24 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:24 – 00:20 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:20 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:17 – 04:13 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:13 – 06:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga06:09 – 08:05 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5131
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874047.27
Julian Day2462512.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2725°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)83.35°
🪷 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 (24.2725°), declination -21.82°, EoT -7.89 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: 2030-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)