पञ्चाङ्ग — Toronto, Canada · April 28, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.13 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन्।

यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम्।।8.13।।
"8.13 Repeating Om, the Symbol of Eternity, holding Me always in remembrance, he who thus leaves his body and goes forth reaches the Spirit Supreme." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya13.56°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra151.54°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala349.48°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha355.84°MīnaRevatī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati84.11°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra40.15°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शनि Śani344.67°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:15 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:15 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:15 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:17 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:37 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 00 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 59 Mins 14 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:23 – 04:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:05 – 05:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta19:03 – 19:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:15 – 19:50
Amṛta Kāla19:00 – 20:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:45 – 17:30
Yamaganda08:45 – 10:30
Gulika Kāla12:15 – 14:00
Varjyam05:50 – 06:12
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:15 – 07:00 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:00 – 08:45 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:45 – 10:30 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:30 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:15 – 14:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:00 – 15:45 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:45 – 17:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:30 – 19:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:15 – 20:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:30 – 21:45 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:45 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:00 – 00:15 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:15 – 01:30 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:30 – 02:45 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:45 – 04:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:00 – 05:15 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872693.27
Julian Day2461158.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2207°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)137.14°
🪷 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 (24.2207°), declination 14.10°, EoT 2.49 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: 2026-04-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)