पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · May 14, 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 15.6 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।15.6।।
"15.6 Neither sun, moon, nor fire shines there. Those who go thither never come back. For, O Arjuna, that is my Celestial Home!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya29.36°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra243.68°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala51.15°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha3.84°MeṣaAśvinī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati169.75°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra345.14°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani242.43°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:54 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:34 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:05 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:57 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 40 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 19 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:56 – 03:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:40 – 04:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta19:22 – 19:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:34 – 20:11
Amṛta Kāla19:19 – 21:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:44 – 19:34
Yamaganda12:14 – 14:04
Gulika Kāla15:54 – 17:44
Varjyam05:30 – 05:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:54 – 06:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:44 – 08:34 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:34 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:24 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:14 – 14:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:04 – 15:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:54 – 17:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:44 – 19:34 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:34 – 20:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:44 – 21:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:54 – 23:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:04 – 00:14 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:14 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:24 – 02:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:34 – 03:44 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:44 – 04:54 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869422.27
Julian Day2457887.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0956°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)217.56°
🪷 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 (24.0956°), declination 18.63°, EoT 3.76 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: 2017-05-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)