पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · May 22, 2017 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: अपरा एकादशी — Aparā Ekādaśī
Boundless (aparā) merit; removes brahma-hatyā even.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.14 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः।प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम्।।15.14।।
"15.14 Becoming the fire of life, I pass into their bodies and, uniting with the vital streams of Prana and Apana, I digest the various kinds of food." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya37.06°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra344.56°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala56.55°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha11.46°MeṣaAśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati169.23°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra351.58°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani241.96°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:31 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:57 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:01 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:51 – 05:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:27 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:19 – 18:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:31 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:16 – 20:01
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:58 – 09:28
Yamaganda10:59 – 12:29
Gulika Kāla14:00 – 15:30
Varjyam06:58 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 09:16 – 09:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:28 – 07:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:58 – 09:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:28 – 10:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:59 – 12:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:29 – 14:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:00 – 15:30 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:30 – 17:00 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:00 – 18:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:31 – 20:00 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:00 – 21:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:30 – 23:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:00 – 00:29 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:29 – 01:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:59 – 03:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:28 – 04:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:58 – 06:28 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869430.27 · 5118.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457895.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0959° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)309.85° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (24.0959°) · declination 20.39° · EoT 3.47 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:2017-05-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)