पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · August 15, 2019 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.56 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्।।18.56।।
"18.56 Relying on Me in all his action and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My Grace, Eternal and Unchangeable Life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.56's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya117.83°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra292.48°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala123.58°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha99.73°KarkaPuṣya P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati230.40°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra117.78°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani260.63°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:21 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:22 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:00 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:01 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 01 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 58 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:29 – 04:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:11 – 05:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:38
Godhūli Muhūrta19:10 – 19:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:22 – 19:58
Amṛta Kāla19:07 – 20:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:07 – 15:52
Yamaganda05:21 – 07:06
Gulika Kāla08:51 – 10:37
Varjyam05:56 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:21 – 07:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:06 – 08:51 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:51 – 10:37 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:37 – 12:22 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:22 – 14:07 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:07 – 15:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:52 – 17:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:37 – 19:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:22 – 20:37 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:37 – 21:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:52 – 23:07 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:07 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:22 – 01:37 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:37 – 02:51 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:51 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:06 – 05:21 (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 Pūrṇimā + Śravaṇa 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 Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870245.27
Julian Day2458710.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1271°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)175.81°
🪷 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 (24.1271°), declination 14.19°, EoT -4.18 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: 2019-08-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)