पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · December 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: 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 2.29 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेन

माश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः।

आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः श्रृणोति

श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित्।।2.29।।
"2.29 One hears of the Spirit with surprise, another thinks It marvellous, the third listens without comprehending. Thus, though many are told about It, scarcely is there one who knows It." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.29's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.23°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra263.41°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala192.28°TulāSvātī P2
बुध Budha229.34°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati200.46°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra239.14°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani245.73°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:32 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:53 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:46 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:13 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 20 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 39 Mins 51 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:18 – 06:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:46 – 07:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta16:41 – 17:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:53 – 17:16
Amṛta Kāla16:38 – 18:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:31

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:13 – 13:23
Yamaganda08:43 – 09:53
Gulika Kāla11:03 – 12:13
Varjyam07:56 – 08:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:02

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:32 – 08:43 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:43 – 09:53 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:53 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:03 – 12:13 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:13 – 13:23 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:23 – 14:33 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:33 – 15:43 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:43 – 16:53 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:53 – 18:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:43 – 20:33 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:33 – 22:23 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:23 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:13 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:03 – 03:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:53 – 05:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:43 – 07:32 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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)1869642.27 · 5118.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458107.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1040° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)21.44° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (24.1040°) · declination -23.43° · EoT 1.85 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:2017-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)