पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · August 7, 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 any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 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 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya110.87°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra329.79°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala356.26°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha99.26°KarkaPuṣya P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati265.33°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra64.94°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani273.25°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:18 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:21 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:01 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:51 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 02 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 57 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:26 – 04:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:08 – 05:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:37
Godhūli Muhūrta19:09 – 19:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:21 – 19:56
Amṛta Kāla19:06 – 20:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:35 – 12:20
Yamaganda15:51 – 17:36
Gulika Kāla07:04 – 08:49
Varjyam05:54 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 09:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:18 – 07:04 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:04 – 08:49 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:49 – 10:35 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:35 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:20 – 14:05 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:05 – 15:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:51 – 17:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:36 – 19:21 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:21 – 20:36 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:36 – 21:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:51 – 23:05 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:05 – 00:20 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:20 – 01:35 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:35 – 02:49 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:49 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:04 – 05:18 (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 Year5122 · Kali-5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870603.27 · 5121.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2459068.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1408° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)221.76° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (24.1408°) · declination 16.33° · EoT -5.48 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:2020-08-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)