पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · January 10, 2009 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: 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 8.5 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम्।

यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः।।8.5।।
"8.5 Whosoever at the time of death thinks only of Me, and thinking thus leaves the body and goes forth, assuredly he will know Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.5'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 Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.94°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra70.22°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala256.26°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha283.47°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati277.53°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra312.84°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani147.50°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:50 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:00 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:41 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:03 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 09 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 50 Mins 16 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:37 – 07:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:04 – 07:50
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta16:48 – 17:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:00 – 17:23
Amṛta Kāla16:45 – 18:30
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:08 – 11:16
Yamaganda13:34 – 14:42
Gulika Kāla07:50 – 08:59
Varjyam08:13 – 08:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:17

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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):
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 Kāla07:50 – 08:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:59 – 10:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:08 – 11:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:16 – 12:25 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:25 – 13:34 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:34 – 14:42 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:42 – 15:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:51 – 17:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:00 – 18:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:51 – 20:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:42 – 22:34 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:34 – 00:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:25 – 02:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:16 – 04:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:08 – 05:59 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:59 – 07:50 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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)1866376.27 · 5110.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454841.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9791° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)165.37° · 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 (23.9791°) · declination -21.96° · EoT -7.50 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:2009-01-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)