पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · January 31, 2016 CE

🪷 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 2.41 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन।

बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम्।।2.41।।
"2.41 By its means, the straying intellect becomes steadied in the contemplation of one object only; whereas the minds of the irresolute stray into bypaths innumerable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya286.50°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra184.45°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala200.17°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha262.07°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.61°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra254.54°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani229.75°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:41 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:51 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:46 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:55 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:01 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:04 – 05:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:40 – 06:41
Abhijit Muhūrta12:22 – 13:11
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:37
Godhūli Muhūrta18:39 – 19:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:51 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla18:36 – 20:21
Niśīta Muhūrta00:22 – 01:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:20 – 18:51
Yamaganda12:46 – 14:18
Gulika Kāla15:49 – 17:20
Varjyam07:12 – 07:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
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):
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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:41 – 08:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:12 – 09:44 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:44 – 11:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:15 – 12:46 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:46 – 14:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:18 – 15:49 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:49 – 17:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:20 – 18:51 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:51 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:20 – 21:49 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:49 – 23:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:18 – 00:46 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:46 – 02:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:15 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:44 – 05:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:12 – 06:41 (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 Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868953.27
Julian Day2457418.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0776°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)260.21°
🪷 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 (24.0776°), declination -17.58°, EoT -13.53 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: 2016-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)