पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · July 27, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: रक्षा बन्धन — Rakṣā Bandhana / Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā
Sister-brother bond; Brāhmaṇa Upākarma.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.15 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः।

माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः।।7.15।।
"7.15 The sinner, the ignorant, the vile, deprived of spiritual perception by the glamour of Illusion, and he who pursues a godless life - none of them shall find Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya99.88°KarkaPuṣya P2
चन्द्र Candra271.07°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala279.83°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha119.14°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.52°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra144.19°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani249.61°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:01 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:47 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:11 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:26 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 46 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 13 Mins 53 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:03 – 04:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:47 – 05:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:50
Godhūli Muhūrta19:35 – 19:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:47 – 20:24
Amṛta Kāla19:32 – 21:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:33 – 12:24
Yamaganda16:05 – 17:56
Gulika Kāla06:51 – 08:42
Varjyam05:38 – 06:01
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:57

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:01 – 06:51 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:51 – 08:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:42 – 10:33 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:33 – 12:24 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:24 – 14:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:14 – 16:05 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:05 – 17:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:56 – 19:47 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:47 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:56 – 22:05 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:05 – 23:14 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:14 – 00:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:24 – 01:33 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:33 – 02:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:42 – 03:51 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:51 – 05:01 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869861.27
Julian Day2458326.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1124°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)171.58°
🪷 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 (24.1124°), declination 19.25°, EoT -6.18 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: 2018-07-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)