पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · June 17, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.22 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः।

यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते।।6.22।।
"6.22 Finding That, he will realise that there is no possession so precious. And when once established here, no calamity can disturb him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya61.72°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra106.81°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.26°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha74.28°MithunaĀrdrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.93°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra99.29°KarkaPuṣya P2
शनि Śani252.39°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:35 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:33 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:34 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:56 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:23 – 18:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:35 – 19:05
Amṛta Kāla18:20 – 20:05
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:04 – 18:35
Yamaganda12:33 – 14:04
Gulika Kāla15:34 – 17:04
Varjyam07:02 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 Udveg06:32 – 08:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:02 – 09:33 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:33 – 11:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:03 – 12:33 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:33 – 14:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:04 – 15:34 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:34 – 17:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:04 – 18:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:35 – 20:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:04 – 21:34 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:34 – 23:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:04 – 00:33 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:33 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:03 – 03:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:33 – 05:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:02 – 06:32 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869821.27
Julian Day2458286.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1108°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.27°
🪷 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 (24.1108°), declination 23.37°, EoT -0.61 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: 2018-06-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)