पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · January 28, 2013 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 10.20 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः।

अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च।।10.20।।
"10.20 O Arjuna! I am the Self, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning and the life, and I am the end of them all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.24°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra114.02°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala301.84°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha290.78°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati41.89°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra269.45°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani196.82°TulāSvātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:39 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:05 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:14 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 43 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 16 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:21 – 07:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:50 – 07:39
Abhijit Muhūrta12:11 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:11 – 00:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:52 – 10:05
Yamaganda11:18 – 12:31
Gulika Kāla13:44 – 14:57
Varjyam08:03 – 08:18
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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 · 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 Amṛta07:39 – 08:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:52 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:05 – 11:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:18 – 12:31 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:31 – 13:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:44 – 14:57 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:57 – 16:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:09 – 17:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:22 – 19:09 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:09 – 20:57 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:57 – 22:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:44 – 00:31 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:31 – 02:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:18 – 04:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:05 – 05:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:52 – 07:39 (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

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867855.27
Julian Day2456320.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0357°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)189.98°
🪷 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 (24.0357°), declination -18.19°, EoT -12.97 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: 2013-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)