पञ्चाङ्ग — Beijing, Beijing · January 23, 2029 CE

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🪷 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 17.28 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत्।असदित्युच्यते पार्थ न च तत्प्रेत्य नो इह।।17.28।।
"17.28 Whatsoever is done without faith, whether it be sacrifice, austerity or gift or anything else, as called Asat' (meaning Unreal') for it is the negation of Sat,' O Arjuna! Such an act has no significance, here or hereafter."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.28's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2086 Dundubhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1951 Saumya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1436
Malayalam Era: 1205
Nanakshahi: 560
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya279.05°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra11.51°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala166.40°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha264.37°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati182.58°TulāCitrā P3
शुक्र Śukra264.06°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani10.42°MeṣaAśvinī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:30 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:47 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:25 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 52 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 07 Mins 32 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:11 – 06:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:41 – 07:30
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:54 – 16:08
Yamaganda09:58 – 11:12
Gulika Kāla12:26 – 13:40
Varjyam07:55 – 08:10
Dur Muhūrta 09:48 – 10:08

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:30 – 08:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:44 – 09:58 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:58 – 11:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:12 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:26 – 13:40 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:40 – 14:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:54 – 16:08 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:08 – 17:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:22 – 19:08 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:08 – 20:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:54 – 22:40 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:40 – 00:26 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:26 – 02:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:12 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:58 – 05:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:44 – 07:30 (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 Aṣṭamī + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5130 · Kali-5130
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873694.27 · 5130.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2462159.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.2590° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)94.50° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (24.2590°) · declination -19.41° · EoT -11.81 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:2029-01-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)