पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · August 27, 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: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.16 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोकाः पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन।

मामुपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते।।8.16।।
"8.16 The worlds, with the whole realm of creation, come and go; but, O Arjuna, whoso comes to Me, for him there is nor rebirth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya129.63°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra315.53°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.24°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha111.09°KarkaAśleṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.31°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra174.91°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani248.40°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:37 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:54 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:03 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:15 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:50 – 04:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:30 – 05:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:42 – 19:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:54 – 19:28
Amṛta Kāla18:39 – 20:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:42

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:16 – 08:56
Yamaganda10:36 – 12:16
Gulika Kāla13:55 – 15:35
Varjyam06:10 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:37 – 07:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:16 – 08:56 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:56 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:36 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:16 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:55 – 15:35 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:35 – 17:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:15 – 18:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:54 – 20:15 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:15 – 21:35 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:35 – 22:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:55 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:16 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:36 – 02:56 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:56 – 04:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:16 – 05:37 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1869892.27 · 5119.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458357.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1136° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)186.95° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (24.1136°) · declination 10.13° · EoT -1.12 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:2018-08-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)