पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · October 7, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.50 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे।समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा।।18.50।।
"18.50 I will now state briefly how he, who has reached perfection, finds the Eternal Spirit, the state of Supreme Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.50's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya169.39°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra104.45°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala133.19°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha157.34°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati137.25°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra124.30°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani217.24°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:20 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:49 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:05 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:28 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:01 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:48 – 05:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:23 – 06:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta17:37 – 18:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:49 – 18:18
Amṛta Kāla17:34 – 19:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:05 – 13:31
Yamaganda07:46 – 09:12
Gulika Kāla10:39 – 12:05
Varjyam06:49 – 07:07
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:20 – 07:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:46 – 09:12 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:12 – 10:39 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:39 – 12:05 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:05 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:31 – 14:57 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:57 – 16:23 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:23 – 17:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:49 – 19:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:23 – 20:57 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:57 – 22:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:31 – 00:05 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:05 – 01:39 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:39 – 03:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:12 – 04:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:46 – 06:20 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868837.27
Julian Day2457302.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0732°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)292.29°
🪷 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 (24.0732°), declination -5.31°, EoT 12.96 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: 2015-10-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)