पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · January 14, 2012 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
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🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.12 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः।

सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्।।1.12।।
"1.12 Then to enliven his spirits, the brave Grandfather Bheeshma, eldest of the Kuru-clan, blew his conch, till it sounded like a lion's roar." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.23°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra148.71°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala148.26°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha254.33°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.81°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra305.57°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani184.70°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:36 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:47 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:42 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:38 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:42 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 11 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 48 Mins 47 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:59 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:36
Abhijit Muhūrta12:17 – 13:06
Vijaya Muhūrta14:44 – 15:32
Godhūli Muhūrta18:35 – 18:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:47 – 19:18
Amṛta Kāla18:32 – 20:17
Niśīta Muhūrta00:17 – 01:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:39 – 11:10
Yamaganda14:13 – 15:45
Gulika Kāla06:36 – 08:08
Varjyam07:07 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:51

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:36 – 08:08 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:08 – 09:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:39 – 11:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:10 – 12:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:42 – 14:13 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:13 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:45 – 17:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:16 – 18:47 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:47 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:16 – 21:45 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:45 – 23:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:13 – 00:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:42 – 02:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:10 – 03:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:39 – 05:08 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:08 – 06:36 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867475.27 · 5113.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455940.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0211° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)239.22° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (24.0211°) · declination -21.43° · EoT -9.00 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:2012-01-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)