पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · August 26, 1996 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: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.1 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच

धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः।

मामकाः पाण्डवाश्चैव किमकुर्वत सञ्जय।।1.1।।
"1.1 The King Dhritarashtra asked: "O Sanjaya! What happened on the sacred battlefield of Kurukshetra, when my people gathered against the Pandavas?"" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya129.28°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra271.00°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala86.86°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha156.22°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.20°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra83.59°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शनि Śani342.38°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

☀️ Nairobi, Kenya — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC+3)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:37 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:56 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:05 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:55 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:31 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:25 – 18:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:37 – 19:07
Amṛta Kāla18:22 – 20:07
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:58

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:02 – 09:33
Yamaganda11:04 – 12:34
Gulika Kāla14:05 – 15:35
Varjyam07:02 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:45

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:32 – 08:02 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:02 – 09:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:33 – 11:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:04 – 12:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:34 – 14:05 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:05 – 15:35 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:35 – 17:06 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:06 – 18:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:37 – 20:06 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:06 – 21:35 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:35 – 23:05 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:05 – 00:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:34 – 02:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:04 – 03:33 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:33 – 05:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:02 – 06:32 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: -1.2921°
Longitude: 36.8219°
Timezone: UTC+3

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861856.27 · 5097.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450321.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8062° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)144.05° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.8062°) · declination 10.37° · EoT -1.42 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:1996-08-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)