पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · January 4, 2021 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 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya259.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra139.38°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala4.27°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha268.31°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati279.33°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra239.80°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani277.83°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:51 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:54 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:53 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:49 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 02 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 57 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:39 – 07:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:06 – 07:51
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:29
Godhūli Muhūrta16:42 – 17:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:54 – 17:16
Amṛta Kāla16:39 – 18:24
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:59 – 10:07
Yamaganda11:15 – 12:23
Gulika Kāla13:30 – 14:38
Varjyam08:14 – 08:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:58 – 10:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:51 – 08:59 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:59 – 10:07 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:07 – 11:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:15 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:23 – 13:30 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:30 – 14:38 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:38 – 15:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:46 – 16:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:54 – 18:46 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:46 – 20:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:38 – 22:30 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:30 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:23 – 02:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:15 – 04:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:07 – 05:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:59 – 07:51 (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 Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870753.27
Julian Day2459218.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1465°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)240.44°
🪷 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 (24.1465°), declination -22.71°, 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: 2021-01-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)