पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · January 3, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.13 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा।

तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति।।2.13।।
"2.13 As the soul experiences in this body infancy, youth and old age, so finally it passes into another. The wise have no delusion about this." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya258.00°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra176.70°KanyāCitrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala185.38°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha276.28°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.39°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra220.23°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani227.06°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:52 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:53 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:25 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:29 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 00 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 59 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:40 – 07:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:07 – 07:52
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta13:52 – 14:28
Godhūli Muhūrta16:41 – 17:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:53 – 17:15
Amṛta Kāla16:38 – 18:23
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:45 – 16:53
Yamaganda12:22 – 13:30
Gulika Kāla14:37 – 15:45
Varjyam08:14 – 08:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:52 – 08:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:59 – 10:07 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:07 – 11:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:15 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:22 – 13:30 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:30 – 14:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:37 – 15:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:45 – 16:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:53 – 18:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:45 – 20:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:37 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:30 – 00:22 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:22 – 02:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:15 – 04:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:07 – 05:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:59 – 07:52 (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

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868925.27
Julian Day2457390.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0766°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)279.05°
🪷 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 (24.0766°), declination -22.89°, EoT -4.59 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: 2016-01-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)