पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · January 15, 2017 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.24 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं

व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम्।

दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा

धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो।।11.24।।
"11.24 When I see Thee, touching the Heavens, glowing with colour, with open mouth and wide open fiery eyes, I am terrified. O My Lord! My courage and peace of mind desert me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya270.98°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra124.29°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala325.76°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha247.11°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.78°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra317.84°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani238.64°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:34 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:13 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:53 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:21 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 39 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 20 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:17 – 06:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:46 – 07:34
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:01 – 17:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:13 – 17:37
Amṛta Kāla16:58 – 18:43
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:01 – 17:13
Yamaganda12:24 – 13:36
Gulika Kāla14:49 – 16:01
Varjyam07:58 – 08:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:34 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:47 – 09:59 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:59 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:11 – 12:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:24 – 13:36 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:36 – 14:49 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:49 – 16:01 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:01 – 17:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:13 – 19:01 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:01 – 20:49 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:49 – 22:36 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:36 – 00:24 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:24 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:11 – 03:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:59 – 05:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:47 – 07:34 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869303.27 · 5118.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457768.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0910° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)213.67° · 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 (24.0910°) · declination -21.12° · EoT -9.35 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:2017-01-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)