पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · January 6, 2009 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 8.1 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम।

अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।8.1।।
"8.1 "Arjuna asked: O Lord of Lords! What is that which men call the Supreme Spirit, what is man's Spiritual Nature, and what is the Law? What is Matter and what is Divinity?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya261.87°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra11.29°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala253.23°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha281.04°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati276.60°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra308.59°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani147.55°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:51 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:56 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:46 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:37 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 04 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 55 Mins 23 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:38 – 07:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:06 – 07:51
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta16:44 – 17:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:56 – 17:18
Amṛta Kāla16:41 – 18:26
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:42

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:40 – 15:48
Yamaganda10:07 – 11:15
Gulika Kāla12:23 – 13:31
Varjyam08:14 – 08:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:51 – 08:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:59 – 10:07 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:07 – 11:15 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:15 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:23 – 13:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:31 – 14:40 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:40 – 15:48 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:48 – 16:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:56 – 18:48 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:48 – 20:40 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:40 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:31 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:23 – 02:15 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:15 – 04:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:07 – 05:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:59 – 07:51 (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 Year5110 · Kali-5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866372.27 · 5110.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454837.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9789° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)112.86° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (23.9789°) · declination -22.50° · EoT -5.88 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:2009-01-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)