पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · August 21, 2012 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: गणेश चतुर्थी — Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Gaṇeśa's birth day; 11-day festival in Maharashtra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.28 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः।

विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो यः सदा मुक्त एव सः।।5.28।।
"5.28 Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.28's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya124.37°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra167.78°KanyāHasta P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala184.15°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha106.54°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati48.97°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra78.49°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शनि Śani180.98°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:29 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:12 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:29 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:59 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 43 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 16 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:39 – 04:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:32
Godhūli Muhūrta19:00 – 19:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:12 – 19:46
Amṛta Kāla18:57 – 20:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:46 – 17:29
Yamaganda08:54 – 10:37
Gulika Kāla12:20 – 14:03
Varjyam06:03 – 06:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:08

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:29 – 07:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:12 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:54 – 10:37 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:37 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:20 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:03 – 15:46 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:46 – 17:29 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:29 – 19:12 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:12 – 20:29 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:29 – 21:46 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:46 – 23:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:03 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:20 – 01:37 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:37 – 02:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:54 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:12 – 05:29 (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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867695.27 · 5113.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456160.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0295° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.39° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (24.0295°) · declination 12.03° · EoT -2.80 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:2012-08-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)