पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · December 16, 2024 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 14.2 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यमागताः।सर्गेऽपि नोपजायन्ते प्रलये न व्यथन्ति च।।14.2।।
"14.2 Dwelling in Wisdom and realising My Divinity, they are not born again when the universe is re-created at the beginning of every cycle, nor are they affected when it is dissolved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya240.37°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra69.05°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala101.05°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha221.74°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati50.92°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra285.52°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani319.40°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:46 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:42 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:07 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:30 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)8 Hours 56 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)15 Hours 03 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:34 – 07:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā07:01 – 07:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:32
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:30 – 16:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:42 – 17:04
Amṛta Kāla16:27 – 18:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:32

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:53 – 10:00
Yamaganda11:07 – 12:14
Gulika Kāla13:21 – 14:28
Varjyam08:08 – 08:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:46 – 08:53 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:53 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha10:00 – 11:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:07 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:14 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:21 – 14:28 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:28 – 15:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:35 – 16:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:42 – 18:35 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:35 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:28 – 22:21 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:21 – 00:14 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:14 – 02:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:07 – 04:00 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg04:00 – 05:53 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:53 – 07:46 (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 Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872195.27
Julian Day2460660.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2016°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)190.22°
🪷 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 (24.2016°), declination -23.33°, EoT 3.72 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: 2024-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)