पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · August 15, 2014 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
?format=json (for AI agents · structured JSON envelope)
🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.22 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः।

यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते।।6.22।।
"6.22 Finding That, he will realise that there is no possession so precious. And when once established here, no calamity can disturb him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya118.10°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra357.26°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala196.88°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha124.47°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati101.77°KarkaPuṣya P3
शुक्र Śukra99.11°KarkaPuṣya P2
शनि Śani202.86°TulāViśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:21 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:22 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:43 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:54 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 00 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 59 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:29 – 04:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:11 – 05:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:38
Godhūli Muhūrta19:10 – 19:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:22 – 19:57
Amṛta Kāla19:07 – 20:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:37 – 12:22
Yamaganda15:52 – 17:37
Gulika Kāla07:06 – 08:51
Varjyam05:56 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:05

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:21 – 07:06 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:06 – 08:51 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:51 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:37 – 12:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:22 – 14:07 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:07 – 15:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:52 – 17:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:37 – 19:22 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:22 – 20:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:37 – 21:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:52 – 23:07 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:07 – 00:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:22 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:37 – 02:51 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:51 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:06 – 05:21 (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 — 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 Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868419.27 · 5115.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456884.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0572° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)236.60° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (24.0572°) · declination 14.12° · EoT -4.18 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:2014-08-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)