पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · December 20, 2016 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.40 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
नान्तोऽस्ति मम दिव्यानां विभूतीनां परंतप।

एष तूद्देशतः प्रोक्तो विभूतेर्विस्तरो मया।।10.40।।
"10.40 O Arjuna! The aspects of My divine life are endless. I have mentioned but a few by way of illustration." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.49°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra142.64°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala306.16°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha260.90°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.11°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra289.92°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani235.70°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:25 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:37 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:42 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:45 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 11 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 48 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:47 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:25
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:25 – 18:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:37 – 19:07
Amṛta Kāla18:22 – 20:07
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:34 – 17:05
Yamaganda09:28 – 10:59
Gulika Kāla12:31 – 14:02
Varjyam06:55 – 07:15
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:25 – 07:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:56 – 09:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:28 – 10:59 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:59 – 12:31 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:31 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:02 – 15:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:34 – 17:05 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:05 – 18:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:37 – 20:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:05 – 21:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:34 – 23:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:02 – 00:31 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:31 – 01:59 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:59 – 03:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:28 – 04:56 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:56 – 06:25 (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 — 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869277.27 · 5117.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457742.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0900° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)256.05° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (24.0900°) · declination -23.43° · EoT 1.85 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:2016-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)