पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · August 3, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.15 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः।न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः।।18.15।।
"18.15 Whatever action a man performs, whether by muscular effort or by speech or by thought, and whether it be right or wrong, these five are the essential causes." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.15'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 Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya106.82°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra234.20°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala104.37°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha133.41°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.84°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra68.45°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शनि Śani237.33°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:08 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:38 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:24 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:22 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 30 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 29 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:12 – 04:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:56 – 05:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:46
Godhūli Muhūrta19:26 – 19:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:38 – 20:15
Amṛta Kāla19:23 – 21:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:12 – 16:01
Yamaganda05:08 – 06:57
Gulika Kāla08:46 – 10:35
Varjyam05:45 – 06:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 09:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:08 – 06:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:57 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:46 – 10:35 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:35 – 12:23 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:23 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:12 – 16:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:01 – 17:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:50 – 19:38 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:38 – 20:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:50 – 22:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:01 – 23:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:12 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:23 – 01:35 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:35 – 02:46 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:46 – 03:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:57 – 05:08 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869503.27
Julian Day2457968.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0987°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)125.84°
🪷 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 (24.0987°), declination 17.49°, EoT -5.88 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: 2017-08-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)