पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · August 9, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.46 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
तपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः।

कर्मिभ्यश्चाधिको योगी तस्माद्योगी भवार्जुन।।6.46।।
"6.46 The wise man is superior to the ascetic and to the scholar and to the man of action; therefore be thou a wise man, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.46's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya112.81°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra183.91°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala218.31°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha138.76°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.89°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra129.89°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani225.52°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:15 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:30 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:46 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:29 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 15 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 44 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:21 – 04:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:04 – 05:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:45 – 15:42
Godhūli Muhūrta19:18 – 19:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:30 – 20:06
Amṛta Kāla19:15 – 21:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:56 – 17:43
Yamaganda08:49 – 10:36
Gulika Kāla12:23 – 14:10
Varjyam05:51 – 06:14
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 09:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:15 – 07:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:02 – 08:49 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:49 – 10:36 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:36 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:23 – 14:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:10 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:56 – 17:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:43 – 19:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:30 – 20:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:43 – 21:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:56 – 23:10 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:10 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:23 – 01:36 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:36 – 02:49 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:49 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:02 – 05:15 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869144.27
Julian Day2457609.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0850°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)73.22°
🪷 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 (24.0850°), declination 15.77°, EoT -5.21 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: 2016-08-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)