पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · November 18, 2011 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: कालभैरव अष्टमी — Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.33 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
धृत्या यया धारयते मनःप्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः।योगेनाव्यभिचारिण्या धृतिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी।।18.33।।
"18.33 The conviction and steady concentration by which the mind, the vitality and the senses are controlled - O Arjuna! They are the product of Purity." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.33's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya211.32°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra114.01°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala129.18°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha233.53°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati8.56°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra235.29°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani180.06°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:15 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:51 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:30 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:39 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 36 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 24 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:59 – 06:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:27 – 07:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta16:39 – 17:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:51 – 17:15
Amṛta Kāla16:36 – 18:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:51 – 12:03
Yamaganda14:27 – 15:39
Gulika Kāla08:27 – 09:39
Varjyam07:39 – 07:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:30 – 09:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:15 – 08:27 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:27 – 09:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:39 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:51 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:03 – 13:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:15 – 14:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:27 – 15:39 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:39 – 16:51 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:51 – 18:39 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:39 – 20:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:27 – 22:15 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:15 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:03 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:51 – 03:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:39 – 05:27 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:27 – 07:15 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867418.27 · 5112.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455883.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0189° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)266.09° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (24.0189°) · declination -19.09° · EoT 14.21 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:2011-11-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)