पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · January 26, 2012 CE

🪷 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 1.24 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
संजय उवाच

एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो गुडाकेशेन भारत।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये स्थापयित्वा रथोत्तमम्।।1.24।।
"1.24 Sanjaya said: "Having listened to the request of Arjuna, Lord Shri Krishna drew up His bright chariot exactly in the midst between the two armies," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya281.45°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra314.35°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.83°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha273.08°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati7.80°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra320.08°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani185.09°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:41 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:19 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:11 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:12 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 37 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 22 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:24 – 07:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:53 – 07:41
Abhijit Muhūrta12:11 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:06 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:19 – 17:43
Amṛta Kāla17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta00:11 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:42 – 14:55
Yamaganda07:41 – 08:53
Gulika Kāla10:06 – 11:18
Varjyam08:05 – 08:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
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):
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:41 – 08:53 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:53 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:06 – 11:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:18 – 12:30 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:30 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:42 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:55 – 16:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:07 – 17:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:19 – 19:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:07 – 20:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:55 – 22:42 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:42 – 00:30 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:30 – 02:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:18 – 04:06 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:06 – 05:53 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:53 – 07:41 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867487.27
Julian Day2455952.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0216°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)34.82°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0216°), declination -18.90°, EoT -12.54 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2012-01-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)