पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · January 13, 2006 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: 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 18.1 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम्।

त्यागस्य च हृषीकेश पृथक्केशिनिषूदन।।18.1।।
"18.1 "Arjuna asked: O mighty One! I desire to know how relinquishment is distinguished from renunciation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.76°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra73.35°MithunaĀrdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala20.60°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
बुध Budha260.14°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.78°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra270.11°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani104.98°KarkaPuṣya P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:49 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:03 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:44 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:05 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:35 – 07:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:03 – 07:49
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta16:51 – 17:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:03 – 17:26
Amṛta Kāla16:48 – 18:33
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:17 – 12:26
Yamaganda14:45 – 15:54
Gulika Kāla08:58 – 10:08
Varjyam08:12 – 08:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:17

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:49 – 08:58 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:58 – 10:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:08 – 11:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:17 – 12:26 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:26 – 13:35 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:35 – 14:45 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:45 – 15:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:54 – 17:03 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:03 – 18:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:54 – 20:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:45 – 22:35 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:35 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:26 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:17 – 04:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:08 – 05:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:58 – 07:49 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 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 — 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 Year5107 · Kali-5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865283.27 · 5107.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453748.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9373° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)165.16° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (23.9373°) · declination -21.53° · EoT -8.64 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:2006-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)