पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · October 14, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.7 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्।

कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्।।9.7।।
"9.7 All beings, O Arjuna, return at the close of every cosmic cycle into the realm of Nature, which is a part of Me, and at the beginning of the next I send them forth again." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya177.04°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra327.30°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala257.00°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha167.09°KanyāHasta P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati162.80°KanyāHasta P1
शुक्र Śukra210.54°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani228.38°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:14 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:16 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:22 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 51 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:37 – 05:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:13 – 06:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:08
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:47 – 12:18
Yamaganda15:20 – 16:51
Gulika Kāla07:45 – 09:16
Varjyam06:44 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:14 – 07:45 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:45 – 09:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:16 – 10:47 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:47 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:18 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:49 – 15:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:20 – 16:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:51 – 18:22 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:22 – 19:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:51 – 21:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:20 – 22:49 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:49 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:18 – 01:47 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:47 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:16 – 04:45 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:45 – 06:14 (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 Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869210.27
Julian Day2457675.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0875°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)151.18°
🪷 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 (24.0875°), declination -8.24°, EoT 14.65 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: 2016-10-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)