पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · March 7, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.20 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते।श्रद्दधाना मत्परमा भक्तास्तेऽतीव मे प्रियाः।।12.20।।
"12.20 Verily those who love the spiritual wisdom as I have taught, whose faith never fails, and who concentrate their whole nature on Me, they indeed are My most beloved."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya322.56°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra72.93°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala3.49°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha322.28°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.31°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra348.77°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani242.77°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:45 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:14 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:10 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:31 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:13 – 05:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:47 – 06:45
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:14 – 18:42
Amṛta Kāla17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:22 – 16:48
Yamaganda09:37 – 11:03
Gulika Kāla12:29 – 13:55
Varjyam07:14 – 07:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Roga06:45 – 08:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:11 – 09:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:37 – 11:03 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:03 – 12:29 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:29 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:55 – 15:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:22 – 16:48 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:48 – 18:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:14 – 19:48 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:48 – 21:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:22 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:55 – 00:29 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:29 – 02:03 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:03 – 03:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:37 – 05:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:11 – 06:45 (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)1869354.27
Julian Day2457819.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0930°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)110.02°
🪷 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 (24.0930°), declination -5.27°, EoT -11.77 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: 2017-03-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)