पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · January 28, 2004 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.14 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
देवद्विजगुरुप्राज्ञपूजनं शौचमार्जवम्।ब्रह्मचर्यमहिंसा च शारीरं तप उच्यते।।17.14।।
"17.14 Worship of God and the Master; respect for the preacher and the philosopher; purity, rectitude, continence and harmlessness - all this is physical austerity." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.53°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra0.15°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala1.95°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha261.54°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.14°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra322.14°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani73.64°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:39 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:58 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:16 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 42 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 17 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:22 – 07:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:51 – 07:39
Abhijit Muhūrta12:11 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:11 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:31 – 13:43
Yamaganda08:52 – 10:05
Gulika Kāla11:18 – 12:31
Varjyam08:04 – 08:19
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:39 – 08:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:52 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:05 – 11:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:18 – 12:31 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:31 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:43 – 14:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:56 – 16:09 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:09 – 17:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:22 – 19:09 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:09 – 20:56 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:56 – 22:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:43 – 00:31 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:31 – 02:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:18 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:05 – 05:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:52 – 07:39 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864567.27 · 5105.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453032.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9099° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)75.58° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 7/30)
🪷 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 (23.9099°) · declination -18.41° · EoT -12.97 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:2004-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)