पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · January 5, 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 1.33 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
येषामर्थे काङ्क्षितं नो राज्यं भोगाः सुखानि च।

त इमेऽवस्थिता युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा धनानि च।।1.33।।
"1.33 When those for whose sake I desire these things stand here about to sacrifice their property and their lives:" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.33'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 Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya260.56°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra310.86°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala169.13°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha264.46°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati80.88°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra270.69°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani206.40°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:44 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:38 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:56 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:03 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 11 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 48 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:55 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:31 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:14 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:40 – 15:29
Godhūli Muhūrta18:32 – 18:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:44 – 19:14
Amṛta Kāla18:29 – 20:14
Niśīta Muhūrta00:14 – 01:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:12 – 18:44
Yamaganda12:38 – 14:10
Gulika Kāla15:41 – 17:12
Varjyam07:03 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:32 – 08:04 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:04 – 09:35 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:35 – 11:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:07 – 12:38 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:38 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:10 – 15:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:41 – 17:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:12 – 18:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:44 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:12 – 21:41 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:41 – 23:10 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:10 – 00:38 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:38 – 02:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:07 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:35 – 05:04 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:04 – 06:32 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868197.27
Julian Day2456662.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0487°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)47.19°
🪷 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 (24.0487°), declination -22.64°, EoT -5.45 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: 2014-01-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)