पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · December 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.25 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
दंष्ट्राकरालानि च ते मुखानि

दृष्ट्वैव कालानलसन्निभानि।

दिशो न जाने न लभे च शर्म

प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास।।11.25।।
"11.25 When I see Thy mouths with their fearful jaws like glowing fires at the dissolution of creation, I lose all sense of place; I find no rest. Be merciful, O Lord in whom this universe abides!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.93°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra1.06°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala326.21°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha220.55°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati224.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra196.32°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani255.52°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:31 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:52 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:32 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:44 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 20 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 39 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:17 – 06:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:45 – 07:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta16:40 – 17:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:52 – 17:15
Amṛta Kāla16:37 – 18:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:30

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:32 – 15:42
Yamaganda09:51 – 11:02
Gulika Kāla12:12 – 13:22
Varjyam07:55 – 08:10
Dur Muhūrta 09:42 – 10:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:31 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:41 – 09:51 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:51 – 11:02 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:02 – 12:12 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:12 – 13:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:22 – 14:32 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:32 – 15:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:42 – 16:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:52 – 18:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:42 – 20:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:32 – 22:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:22 – 00:12 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:12 – 02:02 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:02 – 03:51 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:51 – 05:41 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:41 – 07:31 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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)1870005.27 · 5119.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458470.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1179° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)120.94° · 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 (24.1179°) · declination -23.38° · EoT 2.79 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:2018-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)