पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · July 16, 1996 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: आषाढ गुप्त नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Āṣāḍha Gupta Navrātri Start
Second Gupta Navrātri.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.38 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।
"18.38 That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison - that pleasure arises from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya89.99°MithunaPunarvasu P3
चन्द्र Candra93.96°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala59.66°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
बुध Budha95.49°KarkaPuṣya P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati257.57°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra51.21°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani343.56°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

☀️ Toronto, Canada — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:50 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:56 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:11 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:07 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 05 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 54 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:50 – 03:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:35 – 04:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:54 – 15:55
Godhūli Muhūrta19:44 – 20:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:56 – 20:34
Amṛta Kāla19:41 – 21:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:10 – 18:03
Yamaganda08:37 – 10:30
Gulika Kāla12:23 – 14:16
Varjyam05:28 – 05:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:50 – 06:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:44 – 08:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:37 – 10:30 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:30 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:23 – 14:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:16 – 16:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:10 – 18:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga18:03 – 19:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:56 – 21:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha21:03 – 22:10 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:10 – 23:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:16 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:23 – 01:30 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:30 – 02:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:37 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:44 – 04:50 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 43.6532°
Longitude: -79.3832°
Timezone: UTC+-5

🚶 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 — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861815.27 · 5097.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450280.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8046° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)5.41° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.8046°) · declination 21.34° · EoT -5.68 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1996-07-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)