पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · February 14, 2018 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: महा शिवरात्रि — Mahā Śivarātri
The greatest night of Lord Śiva; cosmic dance of dissolution.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.13 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः।

भुञ्जते ते त्वघं पापा ये पचन्त्यात्मकारणात्।।3.13।।
"3.13 The sages who enjoy the food that remains after the sacrifice is made are freed from all sin; but the selfish who spread their feast only for themselves feed on sin only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya301.18°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra280.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala226.90°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha298.23°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.08°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra309.51°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani251.84°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:49 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:11 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:04 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 39 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 20 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:44 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:16 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta17:37 – 18:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:49 – 18:15
Amṛta Kāla17:34 – 19:19
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:29 – 13:49
Yamaganda08:29 – 09:49
Gulika Kāla11:09 – 12:29
Varjyam07:36 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:39 – 10:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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 Labha07:09 – 08:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:29 – 09:49 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:49 – 11:09 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:09 – 12:29 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:29 – 13:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:49 – 15:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:09 – 16:29 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:29 – 17:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:49 – 19:29 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:29 – 21:09 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:09 – 22:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:49 – 00:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:29 – 02:09 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:09 – 03:49 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:49 – 05:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:29 – 07:09 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

12 steps · festival walk
Today is Mahā Śivarātri — its dedicated walk.
Śiva-stuti through Bhāgavata + Mahābhārata Anuśāsana.

🌌 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)1869698.27 · 5119.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458163.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1061° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)338.64° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (24.1061°) · declination -13.09° · EoT -14.59 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:2018-02-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)