पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · December 16, 1997 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 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 12.9 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्।अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय।।12.9।।
"12.9 But if thou canst not fix thy mind firmly on Me, then, My beloved friend, try to do so by constant practice." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya240.29°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra84.28°MithunaPunarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.45°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha243.42°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati295.27°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra277.93°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani349.67°MīnaRevatī P1

☀️ Beijing, Beijing — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · SGT/MYT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:30 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:51 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:23 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:10 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 21 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 38 Mins 51 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:15 – 06:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:43 – 07:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta16:39 – 17:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:51 – 17:15
Amṛta Kāla16:36 – 18:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:29

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:31 – 15:41
Yamaganda09:50 – 11:01
Gulika Kāla12:11 – 13:21
Varjyam07:53 – 08:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:41 – 10:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
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 · 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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:30 – 08:40 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:40 – 09:50 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:50 – 11:01 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:01 – 12:11 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:11 – 13:21 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:21 – 14:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:31 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:41 – 16:51 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:51 – 18:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:41 – 20:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:31 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:21 – 00:11 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:11 – 02:01 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:01 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:50 – 05:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:40 – 07:30 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 39.9075°
Longitude: 116.3972°
Timezone: UTC+8

🚶 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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862333.27 · 5098.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450798.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8245° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)205.65° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.8245°) · declination -23.31° · EoT 3.72 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1997-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)