पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · May 25, 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: निर्जला एकादशी — Nirjalā Ekādaśī
Strictest Ekādaśī (no water for 24 hours); Bhīma's vrata. Confers fruit of all 24 Ekādaśīs.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.28 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः।

विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो यः सदा मुक्त एव सः।।5.28।।
"5.28 Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.28's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya39.70°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra165.92°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala278.86°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha25.47°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.11°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra72.20°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शनि Śani253.86°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:52 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:31 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:46 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:26 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 38 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 21 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:55 – 03:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:38 – 04:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:42 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta19:19 – 19:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:31 – 20:07
Amṛta Kāla19:16 – 21:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:42 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:21 – 12:11
Yamaganda15:51 – 17:41
Gulika Kāla06:42 – 08:31
Varjyam05:28 – 05:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:52 – 06:42 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:42 – 08:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:31 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:21 – 12:11 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:11 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:01 – 15:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:51 – 17:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:41 – 19:31 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:31 – 20:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:41 – 21:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:51 – 23:01 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:01 – 00:11 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:11 – 01:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:21 – 02:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:31 – 03:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:42 – 04:52 (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 Year5120 · Kali-5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869798.27 · 5119.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458263.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1100° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)125.34° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (24.1100°) · declination 20.91° · EoT 3.22 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:2018-05-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)