पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · August 13, 2012 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.20 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्।

स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः।।5.20।।
"5.20 He who knows and lives in the Absolute remains unmoved and unperturbed; he is not elated by pleasure or depressed by pain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya116.67°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra62.21°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala179.13°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha98.51°KarkaPuṣya P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati47.86°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra70.72°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शनि Śani180.35°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:20 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:25 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:03 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:26 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 04 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 55 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:27 – 04:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:09 – 05:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:43 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta19:13 – 19:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:25 – 20:00
Amṛta Kāla19:10 – 20:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:05 – 08:51
Yamaganda10:36 – 12:22
Gulika Kāla14:08 – 15:53
Varjyam05:55 – 06:17
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:05

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:20 – 07:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:05 – 08:51 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:51 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:36 – 12:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:22 – 14:08 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:08 – 15:53 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:53 – 17:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:39 – 19:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:25 – 20:39 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:39 – 21:53 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:53 – 23:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:08 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:22 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:36 – 02:51 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:51 – 04:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:05 – 05:20 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867687.27 · 5113.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456152.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0292° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)305.25° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (24.0292°) · declination 14.59° · EoT -4.56 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:2012-08-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)