पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · March 3, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.41 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं

हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति।

अजानता महिमानं तवेदं

मया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि।।11.41।।
"11.41 Whatever I have said unto Thee in rashness, taking Thee only for a friend and addressing Thee as O Krishna! O Yadava! O Friend!' in thoughtless familiarity, no understanding Thy greatness;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya318.07°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra108.65°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala344.12°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha291.92°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati109.78°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra348.24°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani220.51°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:41 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:49 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:45 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:47 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:49 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:04 – 05:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:41
Abhijit Muhūrta12:21 – 13:10
Vijaya Muhūrta14:47 – 15:35
Godhūli Muhūrta18:37 – 19:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:49 – 19:20
Amṛta Kāla18:34 – 20:19
Niśīta Muhūrta00:21 – 01:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:47 – 17:18
Yamaganda09:43 – 11:14
Gulika Kāla12:45 – 14:16
Varjyam07:12 – 07:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:31 – 09:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 Roga06:41 – 08:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:12 – 09:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:43 – 11:14 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:14 – 12:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:45 – 14:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:16 – 15:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:47 – 17:18 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:18 – 18:49 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:49 – 20:18 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:18 – 21:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:47 – 23:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:16 – 00:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:45 – 02:14 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:14 – 03:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:43 – 05:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:12 – 06:41 (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)1868619.27
Julian Day2457084.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0649°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)149.33°
🪷 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 (24.0649°), declination -7.01°, EoT -12.65 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: 2015-03-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)