पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · October 20, 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: गोवर्धन पूजा — Govardhana Pūjā (Annakūṭa)
Krishna lifted Govardhana to protect Vraja from Indra's wrath. Day 4 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.15 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनंजयः।

पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः।।1.15।।
"1.15 Lord Shri Krishna blew his Panchajanya and Arjuna his Devadatta, brave Bheema his renowned shell, Poundra." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya182.74°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra185.54°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala153.89°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha189.94°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati187.67°TulāSvātī P1
शुक्र Śukra162.67°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani239.31°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:28 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:45 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:34 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 58 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 01 Mins 20 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta17:16 – 17:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:28 – 17:55
Amṛta Kāla17:13 – 18:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:36 – 11:59
Yamaganda14:43 – 16:06
Gulika Kāla07:52 – 09:14
Varjyam06:57 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:25

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:29 – 07:52 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:52 – 09:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:14 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:36 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:59 – 13:21 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:21 – 14:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:43 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:06 – 17:28 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:28 – 19:06 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:06 – 20:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:43 – 22:21 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:21 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:59 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:36 – 03:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:14 – 04:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:52 – 06:29 (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)1869581.27 · 5118.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458046.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1017° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)4.79° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (24.1017°) · declination -10.35° · EoT 15.70 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:2017-10-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)