पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · May 31, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya45.90°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra320.11°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala358.61°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha29.04°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati37.02°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शुक्र Śukra44.33°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani324.59°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:39 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:51 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:52 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:11 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)15 Hours 11 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)8 Hours 48 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:38 – 03:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:23 – 04:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:47 – 15:48
Godhūli Muhūrta19:39 – 20:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:51 – 20:29
Amṛta Kāla19:36 – 21:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:21 – 12:15
Yamaganda16:03 – 17:57
Gulika Kāla06:33 – 08:27
Varjyam05:17 – 05:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:12 – 08:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
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 · 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 Chala04:39 – 06:33 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:33 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:27 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:21 – 12:15 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:15 – 14:09 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:09 – 16:03 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:03 – 17:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:57 – 19:51 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:51 – 20:57 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:57 – 22:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:03 – 23:09 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:09 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:15 – 01:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:21 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:27 – 03:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:33 – 04:39 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871996.27
Julian Day2460461.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1940°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)275.33°
🪷 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 (24.1940°), declination 21.96°, EoT 2.50 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: 2024-05-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)