पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · January 15, 2020 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 supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.12 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इष्टान्भोगान्हि वो देवा दास्यन्ते यज्ञभाविताः।

तैर्दत्तानप्रदायैभ्यो यो भुङ्क्ते स्तेन एव सः।।3.12।।
"3.12 For, fed, on sacrifice, nature will give you all the enjoyment you can desire. But he who enjoys what she gives without returning is, indeed, a robber.'" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya270.20°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra147.05°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala223.47°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
बुध Budha272.75°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati255.78°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra307.12°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani268.87°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:35 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:13 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:56 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:26 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 38 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 22 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:18 – 06:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:47 – 07:35
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:01 – 17:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:13 – 17:37
Amṛta Kāla16:58 – 18:43
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:24 – 13:36
Yamaganda08:47 – 09:59
Gulika Kāla11:12 – 12:24
Varjyam07:59 – 08:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:50 – 10:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:35 – 08:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:47 – 09:59 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:59 – 11:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:12 – 12:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:24 – 13:36 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:36 – 14:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:48 – 16:01 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:01 – 17:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:13 – 19:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:01 – 20:48 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:48 – 22:36 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:36 – 00:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:24 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:12 – 03:59 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:59 – 05:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:47 – 07:35 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5121 · Kali-5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870398.27 · 5121.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458863.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1329° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)234.46° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (24.1329°) · declination -21.25° · EoT -9.35 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2020-01-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)