पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · December 7, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.27 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम्।

ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां नराणां च नराधिपम्।।10.27।।
"10.27 Know that among horses I am Pegasus, the heaven-born; among the lordly elephants I am the White one, and I am the Ruler among men." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya231.27°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra317.17°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala296.36°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha251.30°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.20°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra275.02°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani234.17°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:38 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:41 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:18 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:28 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 03 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 56 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:26 – 07:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:53 – 07:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta16:29 – 16:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:41 – 17:04
Amṛta Kāla16:26 – 18:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:10 – 13:18
Yamaganda08:46 – 09:54
Gulika Kāla11:02 – 12:10
Varjyam08:01 – 08:15
Dur Muhūrta 09:45 – 10:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:38 – 08:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:46 – 09:54 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:54 – 11:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:02 – 12:10 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:10 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:18 – 14:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:26 – 15:34 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:34 – 16:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:41 – 18:34 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:34 – 20:26 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:26 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:18 – 00:10 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:10 – 02:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:02 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:54 – 05:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:46 – 07:38 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869264.27
Julian Day2457729.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0895°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.53°
🪷 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 (24.0895°), declination -22.63°, EoT 7.72 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: 2016-12-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)