पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · August 11, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.23 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
नियतं सङ्गरहितमरागद्वेषतः कृतम्।अफलप्रेप्सुना कर्म यत्तत्सात्त्विकमुच्यते।।18.23।।
"18.23 An obligatory action done by one who is disinterested, who neither likes nor dislikes it, and gives no thought to the consequences that follow, such an action is Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya114.48°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra333.39°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala109.49°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha137.25°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati174.01°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra77.76°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शनि Śani237.10°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:17 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:55 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:55 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 54 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 05 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:31 – 04:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:12 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:34
Godhūli Muhūrta19:05 – 19:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:17 – 19:51
Amṛta Kāla19:02 – 20:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:47

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:35 – 12:19
Yamaganda15:48 – 17:32
Gulika Kāla07:06 – 08:51
Varjyam05:57 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:05

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:22 – 07:06 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:06 – 08:51 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:51 – 10:35 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:35 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:19 – 14:04 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:04 – 15:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:48 – 17:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:32 – 19:17 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:17 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:32 – 21:48 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:48 – 23:04 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:04 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:19 – 01:35 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:35 – 02:51 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:51 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:06 – 05:22 (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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869511.27 · 5118.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457976.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0990° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)220.07° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (24.0990°) · declination 15.25° · EoT -4.91 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:2017-08-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)