पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · February 7, 2014 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.19 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।
"2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya294.12°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra26.72°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala180.40°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha309.14°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati76.95°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra259.88°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani208.53°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:42 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:52 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:47 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:57 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:58 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:05 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:42
Abhijit Muhūrta12:23 – 13:11
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:37
Godhūli Muhūrta18:40 – 19:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:52 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla18:37 – 20:22
Niśīta Muhūrta00:23 – 01:11

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:16 – 12:47
Yamaganda15:50 – 17:21
Gulika Kāla08:13 – 09:45
Varjyam07:13 – 07:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:57

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:42 – 08:13 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:13 – 09:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:45 – 11:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:16 – 12:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:47 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:18 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:50 – 17:21 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:21 – 18:52 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:52 – 20:21 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:21 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:50 – 23:18 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:18 – 00:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:47 – 02:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:16 – 03:45 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:45 – 05:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:13 – 06:42 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5115 · Kali-5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868230.27 · 5115.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456695.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0500° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.79° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (24.0500°) · declination -15.38° · EoT -14.38 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:2014-02-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)