पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · February 24, 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

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: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya311.52°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra279.99°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala355.48°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha302.35°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.08°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra347.55°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani242.15°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:56 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:27 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:18 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 04 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 55 Mins 08 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:00 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:05 – 12:28
Yamaganda15:14 – 16:38
Gulika Kāla08:19 – 09:42
Varjyam07:24 – 07:41
Dur Muhūrta 09:31 – 09:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:56 – 08:19 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:19 – 09:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:42 – 11:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:05 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:28 – 13:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:51 – 15:14 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:14 – 16:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:38 – 18:01 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:01 – 19:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:38 – 21:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:14 – 22:51 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:51 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:28 – 02:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:05 – 03:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:42 – 05:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:19 – 06:56 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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)1869343.27 · 5118.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457808.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0926° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)327.61° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (24.0926°) · declination -9.45° · EoT -13.84 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:2017-02-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)