पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · September 29, 2017 CE

Also observed today

कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.72 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा।कच्चिदज्ञानसंमोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय।।18.72।।

"18.72 O Arjuna! Hast thou listened attentively to My words? Has thy ignorance and thy delusion gone?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.72's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1424

Malayalam Era: 1193

Nanakshahi: 548

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	162.00°	Kanyā	Hasta P1
चन्द्र Candra	262.00°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	140.62°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha	153.85°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	183.16°	Tulā	Citrā P3
शुक्र Śukra	136.69°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani	237.88°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:19 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:26 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:22 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:58 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)	01:07 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 07 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 52 Mins 53 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:42 – 05:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:18 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:58 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:23 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:14 – 18:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:26 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla	18:11 – 19:56
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:58 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:51 – 12:22
Yamaganda	15:24 – 16:55
Gulika Kāla	07:50 – 09:20
Varjyam	06:49 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta	09:08 – 09:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)

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):
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	06:19 – 07:50 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:50 – 09:20 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:20 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:51 – 12:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:22 – 13:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:53 – 15:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:24 – 16:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:55 – 18:26 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	18:26 – 19:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:55 – 21:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:24 – 22:53 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:53 – 00:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:22 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:51 – 03:20 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:20 – 04:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:50 – 06:19 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -1.2921°

Longitude: 36.8219°

Timezone: UTC+3

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869560.27
Julian Day	2458025.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1009°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	101.31°

🪷 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 (24.1009°), declination -2.42°, EoT 10.52 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: 2017-09-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)