पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · January 21, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.31 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि।

धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाछ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते।।2.31।।
"2.31 Thou must look at thy duty. Nothing can be more welcome to a soldier than a righteous war. Therefore to waver in this resolve is unworthy, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya276.34°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra58.80°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala195.06°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha262.24°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.17°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra242.23°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani228.88°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:45 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:12 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:18 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:39 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 27 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 32 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:29 – 07:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:58 – 07:45
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:00 – 17:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:12 – 17:36
Amṛta Kāla16:57 – 18:42
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:48

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:40 – 14:51
Yamaganda07:45 – 08:56
Gulika Kāla10:07 – 11:18
Varjyam08:09 – 08:24
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:45 – 08:56 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:56 – 10:07 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:07 – 11:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:18 – 12:29 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:29 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:40 – 14:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:51 – 16:02 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:02 – 17:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:12 – 19:02 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:02 – 20:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:51 – 22:40 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:40 – 00:29 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:29 – 02:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:18 – 04:07 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:07 – 05:56 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:56 – 07:45 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868943.27
Julian Day2457408.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0773°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)143.30°
🪷 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 (24.0773°), declination -20.06°, EoT -11.26 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: 2016-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)