पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · August 16, 2015 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
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🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.26 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सद्भावे साधुभावे च सदित्येतत्प्रयुज्यते।प्रशस्ते कर्मणि तथा सच्छब्दः पार्थ युज्यते।।17.26।।
"17.26 Sat' means Reality or the highest Good, and also, O Arjuna, it is used to mean an action of exceptional merit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya118.82°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra134.49°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala100.31°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha139.36°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati126.16°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शुक्र Śukra118.14°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani214.15°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:21 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:49 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:00 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 58 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 01 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:30 – 04:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:12 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:37
Godhūli Muhūrta19:09 – 19:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:21 – 19:56
Amṛta Kāla19:06 – 20:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:36 – 19:21
Yamaganda12:22 – 14:06
Gulika Kāla15:51 – 17:36
Varjyam05:57 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:38 – 09:06

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:22 – 07:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:07 – 08:52 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:52 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:37 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:22 – 14:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:06 – 15:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:51 – 17:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:36 – 19:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:21 – 20:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:36 – 21:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:51 – 23:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:06 – 00:22 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:22 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:37 – 02:52 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:52 – 04:07 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:07 – 05:22 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 43.6532°
Longitude: -79.3832°
Timezone: UTC+-5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868785.27 · 5116.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457250.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0712° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)18.12° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (24.0712°) · declination 13.89° · EoT -3.97 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:2015-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)