पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · March 20, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.18 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन।

न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्िचदर्थव्यपाश्रयः।।3.18।।
"3.18 He has nothing to gain by the performance or non-performance of action. His welfare depends not on any contribution that an earthly creature can make." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya335.78°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra117.42°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala220.24°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha331.77°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati142.03°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra315.15°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani232.09°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:21 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:52 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:52 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 51 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:44 – 05:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:21 – 06:21
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 19:00
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:59 – 18:30
Yamaganda12:26 – 13:57
Gulika Kāla15:28 – 16:59
Varjyam06:52 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:21 – 07:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:52 – 09:23 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:23 – 10:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:55 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:26 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:57 – 15:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:28 – 16:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:59 – 18:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:30 – 19:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:59 – 21:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:28 – 22:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:57 – 00:26 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:26 – 01:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:55 – 03:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:23 – 04:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:52 – 06:21 (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)1869002.27
Julian Day2457467.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0795°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)140.33°
🪷 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 (24.0795°), declination -0.05°, EoT -8.15 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: 2016-03-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)