पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · January 11, 2017 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 11.20 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
द्यावापृथिव्योरिदमन्तरं हि

व्याप्तं त्वयैकेन दिशश्च सर्वाः।

दृष्ट्वाऽद्भुतं रूपमुग्रं तवेदं

लोकत्रयं प्रव्यथितं महात्मन्।।11.20।।
"11.20 Alone thou fillest all the quarters of the sky, earth and heaven, and the regions between. O Almighty Lord! Seeing Thy marvellous and awe-inspiring Form, the spheres tremble with fear." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.91°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra67.16°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala322.75°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha244.87°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.48°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra313.78°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani238.21°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:50 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:01 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:25 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:48 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 11 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 48 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:36 – 07:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:04 – 07:50
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta16:49 – 17:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:01 – 17:24
Amṛta Kāla16:46 – 18:31
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:25 – 13:34
Yamaganda08:59 – 10:08
Gulika Kāla11:17 – 12:25
Varjyam08:13 – 08:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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 · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:50 – 08:59 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:59 – 10:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:08 – 11:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:17 – 12:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:25 – 13:34 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:34 – 14:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:43 – 15:52 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:52 – 17:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:01 – 18:52 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:52 – 20:43 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:43 – 22:34 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:34 – 00:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:25 – 02:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:17 – 04:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:08 – 05:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:59 – 07:50 (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 Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869299.27
Julian Day2457764.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0909°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)162.15°
🪷 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 (24.0909°), declination -21.80°, EoT -7.89 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: 2017-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)