पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · December 24, 2013 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 1.21 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये रथं स्थापय मेऽच्युत।।1.21।।
"1.21 Raising his bow, spoke this to the Lord Shri Krishna: O Infallible! Lord of the earth! Please draw up my chariot betwixt the two armies," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.33°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra140.93°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala163.74°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha245.16°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati82.47°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra274.65°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani205.29°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:34 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:55 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:42 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:28 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 20 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 39 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:20 – 06:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:48 – 07:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:33
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:25
Godhūli Muhūrta16:43 – 17:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:55 – 17:18
Amṛta Kāla16:40 – 18:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:33

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:34 – 15:45
Yamaganda09:54 – 11:04
Gulika Kāla12:14 – 13:24
Varjyam07:58 – 08:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:45 – 10:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:34 – 08:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:44 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:54 – 11:04 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:04 – 12:14 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:14 – 13:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:24 – 14:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:34 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:45 – 16:55 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:55 – 18:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:45 – 20:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:34 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:24 – 00:14 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:14 – 02:04 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:04 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:54 – 05:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:44 – 07:34 (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 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 Year5115 · Kali-5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868185.27 · 5114.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456650.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0483° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)256.50° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (24.0483°) · declination -23.42° · EoT -0.03 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:2013-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)