पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · January 18, 2018 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 2.58 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यदा संहरते चायं कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः।

इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।2.58।।
"2.58 He who can withdraw his senses from the attraction of their objects, as the tortoise draws his limbs within its shell - take it that such a one has attained Perfection." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.58's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya273.78°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra284.11°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala210.35°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha255.11°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati205.22°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra275.62°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani249.09°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:33 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:16 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:07 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:06 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 43 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 16 Mins 42 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:15 – 06:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:45 – 07:33
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:04 – 17:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:16 – 17:41
Amṛta Kāla17:01 – 18:46
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:38 – 14:51
Yamaganda07:33 – 08:46
Gulika Kāla09:59 – 11:12
Varjyam07:57 – 08:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:33 – 08:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:46 – 09:59 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:59 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:12 – 12:25 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:25 – 13:38 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:38 – 14:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:51 – 16:03 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:03 – 17:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:16 – 19:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:03 – 20:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:51 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:38 – 00:25 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:25 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:12 – 03:59 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:59 – 05:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:46 – 07:33 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1869671.27 · 5119.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458136.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1051° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)11.54° · 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 (24.1051°) · declination -20.58° · EoT -10.35 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:2018-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)