पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · February 27, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.26 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसङ्गिनाम्।

जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान् युक्तः समाचरन्।।3.26।।
"3.26 But a wise man should not perturb the minds of the ignorant, who are attached to action; let him perform his own actions in the right spirit, with concentration on Me, thus inspiring all to do the same." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya314.28°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra93.68°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala234.70°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha322.14°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.75°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra325.77°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani252.92°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:42 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:50 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:46 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:03 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:04 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 51 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:05 – 05:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:42
Abhijit Muhūrta12:22 – 13:10
Vijaya Muhūrta14:47 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:50 – 19:21
Amṛta Kāla18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta00:22 – 01:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:48 – 17:19
Yamaganda09:44 – 11:15
Gulika Kāla12:46 – 14:17
Varjyam07:12 – 07:32
Dur Muhūrta 09:32 – 09:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:42 – 08:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:13 – 09:44 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:44 – 11:15 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:15 – 12:46 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:46 – 14:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:17 – 15:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:48 – 17:19 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:19 – 18:50 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:50 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:19 – 21:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:48 – 23:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:17 – 00:46 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:46 – 02:15 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:15 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:44 – 05:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:13 – 06:42 (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

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869711.27
Julian Day2458176.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1066°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)141.54°
🪷 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 (24.1066°), declination -8.42°, EoT -13.39 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: 2018-02-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)