पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · December 24, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.31 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो

नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद।

विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं

न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम्।।11.31।।
"11.31 Tell me then who Thou art, that wearest this dreadful Form? I bow before Thee, O Mighty One! Have mercy, I pray, and let me see Thee as Thou wert at first. I do not know what Thou intendest." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.04°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra85.94°MithunaPunarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala330.20°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha228.13°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati225.92°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra201.54°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani256.22°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:50 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:45 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:55 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:03 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 55 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 04 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:38 – 07:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:05 – 07:50
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta16:33 – 16:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:45 – 17:08
Amṛta Kāla16:30 – 18:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:57 – 10:04
Yamaganda11:11 – 12:18
Gulika Kāla13:25 – 14:31
Varjyam08:12 – 08:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:50 – 08:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:57 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:04 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:11 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:18 – 13:25 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:25 – 14:31 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:31 – 15:38 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:38 – 16:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:45 – 18:38 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:38 – 20:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:31 – 22:25 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:25 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:18 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:11 – 04:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:04 – 05:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:57 – 07:50 (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 Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870011.27
Julian Day2458476.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1181°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)195.66°
🪷 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 (24.1181°), declination -23.42°, EoT -0.03 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: 2018-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)