पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · January 4, 2020 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 3.1 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन।

तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव।।3.1।।
"3.1 "Arjuna questioned: My Lord! If Wisdom is above action, why dost Thou advise me to engage in this terrible fight?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya258.99°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra358.11°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala216.03°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha254.83°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati253.26°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra293.72°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani267.57°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:52 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:53 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:22 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:36 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 01 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 58 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:39 – 07:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:07 – 07:52
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:29
Godhūli Muhūrta16:41 – 17:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:53 – 17:16
Amṛta Kāla16:38 – 18:23
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:07 – 11:15
Yamaganda13:30 – 14:38
Gulika Kāla07:52 – 08:59
Varjyam08:14 – 08:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
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 · 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 Kāla07:52 – 08:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:59 – 10:07 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:07 – 11:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:15 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:23 – 13:30 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:30 – 14:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:38 – 15:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:46 – 16:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:53 – 18:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:46 – 20:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:38 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:30 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:23 – 02:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:15 – 04:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:07 – 05:59 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:59 – 07:52 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870387.27
Julian Day2458852.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1325°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)100.43°
🪷 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 (24.1325°), declination -22.79°, EoT -5.02 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: 2020-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)