पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · April 16, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.1 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम।

अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।8.1।।
"8.1 "Arjuna asked: O Lord of Lords! What is that which men call the Supreme Spirit, what is man's Spiritual Nature, and what is the Law? What is Matter and what is Divinity?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya1.86°MeṣaAśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra342.32°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala340.21°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha336.64°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati82.68°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra25.54°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani343.26°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:36 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:53 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:45 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:08 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:49 – 04:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:29 – 05:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:41 – 19:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:53 – 19:26
Amṛta Kāla18:38 – 20:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:54 – 15:34
Yamaganda05:36 – 07:15
Gulika Kāla08:55 – 10:35
Varjyam06:09 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:42 – 09:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:36 – 07:15 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:15 – 08:55 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:55 – 10:35 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:35 – 12:14 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:14 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:54 – 15:34 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:34 – 17:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:13 – 18:53 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:53 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:13 – 21:34 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:34 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:54 – 00:14 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:14 – 01:35 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:35 – 02:55 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:55 – 04:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:15 – 05:36 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872681.27
Julian Day2461146.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2202°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)340.02°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.2202°), declination 10.07°, EoT 0.02 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2026-04-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)