पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · December 9, 1998 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
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.16 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः।

अघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति।।3.16।।
"3.16 Thus he who does not help the revolving wheel of sacrifice, but instead leads a sinful life, rejoicing in the gratification of his senses, O Arjuna, he breathes in vain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya232.91°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra123.35°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala162.59°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha217.86°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati325.41°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra242.77°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani3.25°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:20 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:32 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:06 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:09 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 11 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 48 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:43 – 05:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:19 – 06:20
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:20 – 18:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:32 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:17 – 20:02
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:26 – 13:57
Yamaganda07:52 – 09:23
Gulika Kāla10:54 – 12:26
Varjyam06:51 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 09:11 – 09:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:20 – 07:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:52 – 09:23 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:23 – 10:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:54 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:26 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:57 – 15:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:29 – 17:00 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:00 – 18:32 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:32 – 20:00 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:00 – 21:29 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:29 – 22:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:57 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:26 – 01:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:54 – 03:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:23 – 04:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:52 – 06:20 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862691.27 · 5099.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451156.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8382° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)248.63° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.8382°) · declination -22.78° · EoT 6.87 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:1998-12-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)