पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · December 31, 2016 CE

🪷 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 11.9 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः।

दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम्।।11.9।।
"11.9 Sanjaya continued: "Having thus spoken, O King, the Lord Shri Krishna, the Almighty Prince of Wisdom, showed to Arjuna the Supreme Form of the Great God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla 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

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya255.70°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra275.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala314.46°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha250.07°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.44°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra302.12°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani236.98°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:30 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:36 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:52 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:00 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 11 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 48 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:53 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:29 – 06:30
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:27
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:12
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 01:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:33 – 11:05
Yamaganda14:07 – 15:39
Gulika Kāla06:30 – 08:02
Varjyam07:01 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:30 – 08:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:02 – 09:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:33 – 11:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:05 – 12:36 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:36 – 14:07 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:07 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:39 – 17:10 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:10 – 18:42 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:42 – 20:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:10 – 21:39 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:39 – 23:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:07 – 00:36 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:36 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:05 – 03:33 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:33 – 05:02 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:02 – 06:30 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869288.27
Julian Day2457753.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0905°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)20.79°
🪷 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 (24.0905°), declination -23.08°, EoT -3.26 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: 2016-12-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)