पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · August 26, 1998 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: गणेश चतुर्थी — Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Gaṇeśa's birth day; 11-day festival in Maharashtra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.30 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते।

न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः।।1.30।।
"1.30 The bow Gandeeva slips from my hand, and my skin burns. I cannot keep quiet, for my mind is in tumult." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya128.79°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra173.07°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala99.57°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha112.46°KarkaAśleṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati331.88°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra111.72°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शनि Śani9.65°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:36 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:56 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:32 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:54 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 20 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 39 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:49 – 04:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:29 – 05:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:44 – 19:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:56 – 19:29
Amṛta Kāla18:41 – 20:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:16 – 13:56
Yamaganda07:16 – 08:56
Gulika Kāla10:36 – 12:16
Varjyam06:09 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:42 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:36 – 07:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:16 – 08:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:56 – 10:36 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:36 – 12:16 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:16 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:56 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:36 – 17:16 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:16 – 18:56 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:56 – 20:16 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:16 – 21:36 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:36 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:56 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:16 – 01:36 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:36 – 02:56 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:56 – 04:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:16 – 05:36 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862586.27 · 5099.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451051.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8341° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)47.69° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.8341°) · declination 10.54° · EoT -1.42 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:1998-08-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)