पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · July 31, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.12 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्।भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित्।।18.12।।
"18.12 For those who cannot renounce all desire, the fruit of action hereafter is threefold - good, evil, and partly good and partly evil. But for him who has renounced, there is none." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya103.95°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra198.40°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala102.45°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha130.92°SiṃhaMaghā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.43°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra64.98°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani237.44°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:05 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:42 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:40 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:43 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 36 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 23 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:08 – 04:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:52 – 05:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:50 – 15:48
Godhūli Muhūrta19:30 – 19:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:42 – 20:19
Amṛta Kāla19:27 – 21:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:55 – 08:44
Yamaganda10:34 – 12:24
Gulika Kāla14:13 – 16:03
Varjyam05:42 – 06:05
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:05 – 06:55 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:55 – 08:44 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:44 – 10:34 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:34 – 12:24 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:24 – 14:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:13 – 16:03 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha16:03 – 17:52 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:52 – 19:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:42 – 20:52 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:52 – 22:03 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta22:03 – 23:13 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:13 – 00:24 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:24 – 01:34 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:34 – 02:44 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:44 – 03:55 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:55 – 05:05 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869500.27
Julian Day2457965.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0986°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)93.12°
🪷 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 (24.0986°), declination 18.25°, EoT -6.07 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: 2017-07-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)