पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · May 19, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.26 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सद्भावे साधुभावे च सदित्येतत्प्रयुज्यते।प्रशस्ते कर्मणि तथा सच्छब्दः पार्थ युज्यते।।17.26।।
"17.26 Sat' means Reality or the highest Good, and also, O Arjuna, it is used to mean an action of exceptional merit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya34.15°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra115.04°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala81.13°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha55.82°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati306.36°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra47.81°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani289.37°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:48 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:39 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:34 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:40 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 51 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 09 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:50 – 03:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:34 – 04:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:42
Godhūli Muhūrta19:27 – 19:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:39 – 20:17
Amṛta Kāla19:24 – 21:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:14 – 14:05
Yamaganda06:40 – 08:31
Gulika Kāla10:23 – 12:14
Varjyam05:26 – 05:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:16 – 08:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:48 – 06:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:40 – 08:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:31 – 10:23 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:23 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:14 – 14:05 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:05 – 15:57 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:57 – 17:48 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:48 – 19:39 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:39 – 20:48 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:48 – 21:57 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:57 – 23:05 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:05 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:14 – 01:23 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:23 – 02:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:31 – 03:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:40 – 04:48 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870888.27
Julian Day2459353.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1517°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)84.82°
🪷 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 (24.1517°), declination 19.78°, EoT 3.65 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: 2021-05-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)