पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · July 12, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.6 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।15.6।।
"15.6 Neither sun, moon, nor fire shines there. Those who go thither never come back. For, O Arjuna, that is my Celestial Home!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya85.83°MithunaPunarvasu P2
चन्द्र Candra127.45°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala64.76°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
बुध Budha81.96°MithunaPunarvasu P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati69.08°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शुक्र Śukra113.12°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शनि Śani190.54°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:47 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:59 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:23 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:55 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 11 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 48 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:45 – 03:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:31 – 04:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:55 – 15:56
Godhūli Muhūrta19:47 – 20:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:59 – 20:37
Amṛta Kāla19:44 – 21:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:29 – 12:23
Yamaganda16:11 – 18:05
Gulika Kāla06:41 – 08:35
Varjyam05:25 – 05:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:47 – 06:41 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:41 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:35 – 10:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:29 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:23 – 14:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:17 – 16:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:11 – 18:05 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala18:05 – 19:59 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:59 – 21:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg21:05 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:11 – 23:17 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:17 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:23 – 01:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:29 – 02:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:35 – 03:41 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:41 – 04:47 (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 Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868020.27
Julian Day2456485.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0420°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)44.71°
🪷 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 (24.0420°), declination 21.97°, EoT -5.24 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: 2013-07-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)