पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · March 14, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.16 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः।

न चातिस्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन।।6.16।।
"6.16 Meditation is not for him who eats too much, not for him who eats not at all; not for him who is overmuch addicted to sleep, not for him who is always awake." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya329.76°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra20.58°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala298.53°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha342.72°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati19.52°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra308.13°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani317.40°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:23 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:43 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:59 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:57 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:33 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:11 – 18:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:23 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:08 – 19:53
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:56 – 15:25
Yamaganda06:32 – 08:01
Gulika Kāla09:30 – 10:59
Varjyam07:02 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:32 – 08:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:01 – 09:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:30 – 10:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:59 – 12:27 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:27 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:56 – 15:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:25 – 16:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:54 – 18:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:23 – 19:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:54 – 21:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:25 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:56 – 00:27 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:27 – 01:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:59 – 03:30 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:30 – 05:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:01 – 06:32 (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 Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871918.27
Julian Day2460383.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1910°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)48.25°
🪷 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 (24.1910°), declination -2.40°, EoT -9.94 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: 2024-03-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)