पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · April 7, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.6 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्।

इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते।।3.6।।
"3.6 He who remains motionless, refusing to act, but all the while brooding over sensuous object, that deluded soul is simply a hypocrite." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya353.10°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra79.71°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala175.31°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha334.64°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati77.28°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra307.01°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani208.02°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:49 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:51 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:28 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:45 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 01 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 58 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:05 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:44 – 05:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:39 – 19:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:51 – 19:23
Amṛta Kāla18:36 – 20:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:27 – 09:05
Yamaganda10:42 – 12:20
Gulika Kāla13:58 – 15:35
Varjyam06:22 – 06:43
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:49 – 07:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:27 – 09:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:05 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:42 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:20 – 13:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:58 – 15:35 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:35 – 17:13 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:13 – 18:51 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:51 – 20:13 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:13 – 21:35 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:35 – 22:58 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:58 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:20 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:42 – 03:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:05 – 04:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:27 – 05:49 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Ārdrā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868289.27
Julian Day2456754.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0523°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)86.22°
🪷 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 (24.0523°), declination 6.74°, EoT -2.49 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: 2014-04-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)