पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · January 2, 2014 CE

🪷 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 1.30 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते।

न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः।।1.30।।
"1.30 The bow Gandeeva slips from my hand, and my skin burns. I cannot keep quiet, for my mind is in tumult." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya257.50°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra265.76°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala167.83°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha259.57°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati81.28°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra272.17°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani206.14°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:31 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:43 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:37 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:05 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:14 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 11 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 48 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:54 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:39 – 15:28
Godhūli Muhūrta18:31 – 18:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:43 – 19:13
Amṛta Kāla18:28 – 20:13
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:08 – 15:40
Yamaganda06:31 – 08:03
Gulika Kāla09:34 – 11:05
Varjyam07:02 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:31 – 08:03 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:03 – 09:34 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:34 – 11:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:05 – 12:37 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:37 – 14:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:08 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:40 – 17:11 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:11 – 18:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:43 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:11 – 21:40 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:40 – 23:08 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:08 – 00:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:37 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:05 – 03:34 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:34 – 05:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:03 – 06:31 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

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 Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868194.27
Julian Day2456659.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0486°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)7.04°
🪷 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 (24.0486°), declination -22.93°, EoT -4.15 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: 2014-01-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)