पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · May 2, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.21 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाचकैर्लिंगैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो।किमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते।।14.21।।
"14.21 Arjuna asked: My Lord! By what signs can he who has transcended the Qualities be recognized? How does he act? How does he live beyond them?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

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

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya17.75°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra94.06°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala42.97°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
बुध Budha0.09°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati170.83°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra337.35°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani243.00°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:09 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:20 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:52 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:47 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 11 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 48 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:15 – 04:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:58 – 05:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:36 – 15:33
Godhūli Muhūrta19:08 – 19:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:20 – 19:56
Amṛta Kāla19:05 – 20:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:47 – 17:34
Yamaganda08:42 – 10:28
Gulika Kāla12:14 – 14:01
Varjyam05:44 – 06:07
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:09 – 06:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:55 – 08:42 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:42 – 10:28 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:28 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:14 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:01 – 15:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:47 – 17:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:34 – 19:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:20 – 20:34 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:34 – 21:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:47 – 23:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:01 – 00:14 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:14 – 01:28 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:28 – 02:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:42 – 03:55 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:55 – 05:09 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Saptamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869410.27
Julian Day2457875.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0951°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)73.05°
🪷 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 (24.0951°), declination 15.39°, EoT 3.04 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: 2017-05-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)