पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · July 1, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: अङ्गारक चतुर्थी — Aṅgāraka Caturthī (Tuesday Caturthī)
Tuesday-Caturthī (rare); supremely auspicious for Maṅgala-doṣa-nivāraṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.6 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः।

योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति।।5.6।।
"5.6 Without concentration, O Mighty Man, renunciation is difficult. But the sage who is always meditating on the Divine, before long shall attain the Absolute." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya75.10°MithunaĀrdrā P3
चन्द्र Candra115.92°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala174.09°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha59.92°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati91.86°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शुक्र Śukra44.69°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani202.67°TulāViśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:38 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:36 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:18 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:21 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:58 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:37 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:26 – 18:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:38 – 19:08
Amṛta Kāla18:23 – 20:08
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 01:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:37 – 17:07
Yamaganda09:35 – 11:06
Gulika Kāla12:36 – 14:07
Varjyam07:05 – 07:24
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:35 – 08:05 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:05 – 09:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:35 – 11:06 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:06 – 12:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:36 – 14:07 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:07 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:37 – 17:07 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:07 – 18:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:38 – 20:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:07 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:37 – 23:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:07 – 00:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:36 – 02:06 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:06 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:35 – 05:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:05 – 06:35 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868374.27
Julian Day2456839.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0555°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)44.33°
🪷 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 (24.0555°), declination 23.12°, EoT -3.47 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: 2014-07-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)