पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · January 2, 2008 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 18.19 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञानं कर्म च कर्ता च त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः।प्रोच्यते गुणसंख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि।।18.19।।
"18.19 The knowledge, the act and the doer differ according to the Qualities. Listen to this too:" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya257.03°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra185.79°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala65.43°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
बुध Budha265.95°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati249.97°DhanuMūla P3
शुक्र Śukra218.67°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani134.25°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:37 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:00 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:09 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:58 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 23 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 36 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:21 – 06:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:50 – 07:37
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta16:48 – 17:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:00 – 17:24
Amṛta Kāla16:45 – 18:30
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:37

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:19 – 13:29
Yamaganda08:47 – 09:58
Gulika Kāla11:08 – 12:19
Varjyam08:00 – 08:15
Dur Muhūrta 09:48 – 10:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:37 – 08:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:47 – 09:58 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:58 – 11:08 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:08 – 12:19 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:19 – 13:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:29 – 14:40 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:40 – 15:50 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:50 – 17:00 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:00 – 18:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:50 – 20:40 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:40 – 22:29 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:29 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:19 – 02:08 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:08 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:58 – 05:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:47 – 07:37 (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 Year5109 · Kali-5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866002.27 · 5108.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454467.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9648° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)287.04° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (23.9648°) · declination -22.98° · EoT -4.15 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:2008-01-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)