पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · August 16, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.5 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम्।

यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः।।8.5।।
"8.5 Whosoever at the time of death thinks only of Me, and thinking thus leaves the body and goes forth, assuredly he will know Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.04°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra181.45°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala275.14°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha107.72°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati201.04°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra164.68°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani248.68°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:26 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:58 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:58 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 43 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 16 Mins 01 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:37 – 04:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:18 – 05:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:36 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:45
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:01 – 15:44
Yamaganda05:26 – 07:09
Gulika Kāla08:52 – 10:35
Varjyam06:01 – 06:23
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 09:06

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:26 – 07:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:09 – 08:52 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:52 – 10:35 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:35 – 12:18 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:18 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:01 – 15:44 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:44 – 17:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:27 – 19:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:10 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:27 – 21:44 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:44 – 23:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:01 – 00:18 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:18 – 01:35 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:35 – 02:52 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:52 – 04:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:09 – 05:26 (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 Year5120 · Kali-5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869881.27 · 5119.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458346.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1131° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)60.55° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (24.1131°) · declination 13.80° · EoT -3.97 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:2018-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)