पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · January 28, 2020 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 3.25 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत।

कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्िचकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्।।3.25।।
"3.25 As the ignorant act, because of their fondness for action, so should the wise act without such attachment, fixing their eyes, O Arjuna, only on the welfare of the world." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya283.43°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra318.48°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala232.31°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha294.90°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati258.69°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra322.78°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani270.41°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:39 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:14 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:28 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 42 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 17 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:22 – 07:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:51 – 07:39
Abhijit Muhūrta12:11 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:11 – 00:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:56 – 16:09
Yamaganda10:05 – 11:18
Gulika Kāla12:31 – 13:43
Varjyam08:04 – 08:19
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:39 – 08:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:52 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:05 – 11:18 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:18 – 12:31 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:31 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:43 – 14:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:56 – 16:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:09 – 17:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:22 – 19:09 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:09 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:56 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:43 – 00:31 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:31 – 02:18 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:18 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:05 – 05:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:52 – 07:39 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870411.27
Julian Day2458876.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1334°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)38.16°
🪷 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 (24.1334°), declination -18.38°, EoT -12.97 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: 2020-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)