पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · November 14, 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: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.21 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अमी हि त्वां सुरसङ्घा विशन्ति

केचिद्भीताः प्राञ्जलयो गृणन्ति।

स्वस्तीत्युक्त्वा महर्षिसिद्धसङ्घाः

स्तुवन्ति त्वां स्तुतिभिः पुष्कलाभिः।।11.21।।
"11.21 The troops of celestial beings enter into Thee, some invoking Thee in fear, with folded palms; the Great Seers and Adepts sing hymns to Thy Glory, saying All Hail.'" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya207.98°TulāViśākhā P3
चन्द्र Candra191.26°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala350.75°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha189.10°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati268.91°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra176.33°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani272.88°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:59 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:00 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:35 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:10 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 01 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 58 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:39 – 06:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:09 – 06:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta16:48 – 17:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:00 – 17:25
Amṛta Kāla16:45 – 18:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:29 – 10:44
Yamaganda13:14 – 14:30
Gulika Kāla06:59 – 08:14
Varjyam07:24 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical 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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:59 – 08:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:14 – 09:29 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:29 – 10:44 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:44 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:59 – 13:14 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:14 – 14:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:30 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:45 – 17:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:00 – 18:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:45 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:30 – 22:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:14 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:59 – 01:44 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:44 – 03:29 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:29 – 05:14 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:14 – 06:59 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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)1870702.27 · 5121.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2459167.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1445° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)344.49° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (24.1445°) · declination -18.30° · EoT 15.07 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:2020-11-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)