पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · September 27, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.19 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।

अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन।।9.19।।
"9.19 I am the Heat of the Sun, I release and hold back the Rains. I am Death and Immortality; I am Being and Not-Being." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya159.78°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra2.39°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala280.08°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha164.24°KanyāHasta P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati207.16°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra195.19°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani248.66°DhanuMūla P3

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)12:23 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:52 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:55 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:42 – 05:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:19 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:14 – 18:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:26 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla18:11 – 19:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:54 – 15:25
Yamaganda06:19 – 07:50
Gulika Kāla09:21 – 10:52
Varjyam06:50 – 07:09
Dur Muhūrta 09:09 – 09:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:19 – 07:50 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:50 – 09:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:21 – 10:52 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:52 – 12:23 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:23 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:54 – 15:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:25 – 16:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:55 – 18:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:26 – 19:55 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:55 – 21:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:25 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:54 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:23 – 01:52 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:52 – 03:21 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:21 – 04:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:50 – 06:19 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869923.27
Julian Day2458388.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1147°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)203.19°
🪷 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 (24.1147°), declination -1.55°, EoT 9.84 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: 2018-09-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)