पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · August 17, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.6 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम्।

तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः।।8.6।।
"8.6 On whatever sphere of being the mind of a man may be intent at the time of death, thither he will go." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya120.00°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra194.74°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala275.00°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha107.41°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.15°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra165.65°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani248.65°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:24 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:19 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:14 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:27 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 55 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 04 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:32 – 04:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:14 – 05:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta19:07 – 19:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:19 – 19:54
Amṛta Kāla19:04 – 20:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:37 – 12:21
Yamaganda15:50 – 17:35
Gulika Kāla07:08 – 08:52
Varjyam05:58 – 06:21
Dur Muhūrta 08:38 – 09:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 Chala05:24 – 07:08 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:08 – 08:52 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:52 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:37 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:21 – 14:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:06 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:50 – 17:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:35 – 19:19 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:19 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:35 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:50 – 23:06 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:06 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:21 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:37 – 02:52 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:52 – 04:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:08 – 05:24 (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 Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869882.27
Julian Day2458347.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1132°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)72.59°
🪷 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 (24.1132°), declination 13.48°, EoT -3.75 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: 2018-08-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)