पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · January 25, 2008 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
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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 18.42 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च।ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम्।।18.42।।
"18.42 Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness, as well as uprightness, knowledge, wisdom and faith in God - these constitute the duty of a spiritual Teacher." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya280.46°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra131.66°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala60.24°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha298.55°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati255.12°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra246.78°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani133.25°SiṃhaMaghā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:42 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:18 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:55 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:15 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 35 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 24 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:25 – 07:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:54 – 07:42
Abhijit Muhūrta12:11 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:06 – 17:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:18 – 17:42
Amṛta Kāla17:03 – 18:48
Niśīta Muhūrta00:11 – 00:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:18 – 12:30
Yamaganda14:54 – 16:06
Gulika Kāla08:54 – 10:06
Varjyam08:06 – 08:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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):
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:42 – 08:54 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:54 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:06 – 11:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:18 – 12:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:30 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:42 – 14:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:54 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:06 – 17:18 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:18 – 19:06 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:06 – 20:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:54 – 22:42 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:42 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:30 – 02:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:18 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:06 – 05:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:54 – 07:42 (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 Year5109 · Kali-5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866025.27 · 5109.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454490.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9657° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)212.29° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (23.9657°) · declination -19.15° · EoT -12.31 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:2008-01-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)