पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · February 10, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.4 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु।।13.4।।
"13.4 What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what the Self is, and what Its power - this I will now briefly set forth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya296.88°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra353.19°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala2.64°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha304.86°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati235.11°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra252.58°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani261.71°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:24 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:48 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:47 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 15 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 44 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:02 – 06:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:33 – 07:24
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:05
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 00:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:23 – 17:40
Yamaganda12:32 – 13:49
Gulika Kāla15:06 – 16:23
Varjyam07:50 – 08:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:48 – 10:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:24 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:41 – 09:58 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:58 – 11:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:15 – 12:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:32 – 13:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:49 – 15:06 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:06 – 16:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:23 – 17:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:40 – 19:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:23 – 21:06 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:06 – 22:49 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:49 – 00:32 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:32 – 02:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:15 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:58 – 05:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:41 – 07:24 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870059.27
Julian Day2458524.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1200°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)60.25°
🪷 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 (24.1200°), declination -14.50°, EoT -14.55 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: 2019-02-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)