पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · July 9, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya82.68°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra197.22°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala8.09°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha73.12°MithunaĀrdrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati343.90°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra54.66°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani300.23°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:36 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:39 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:38 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:12 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:20 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:36
Abhijit Muhūrta12:13 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta18:27 – 18:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:39 – 19:09
Amṛta Kāla18:24 – 20:09
Niśīta Muhūrta00:13 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:37 – 11:07
Yamaganda14:08 – 15:38
Gulika Kāla06:36 – 08:06
Varjyam07:06 – 07:25
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:36 – 08:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:06 – 09:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:37 – 11:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:07 – 12:38 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:38 – 14:08 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:08 – 15:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:38 – 17:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:09 – 18:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:39 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:09 – 21:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:38 – 23:08 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:08 – 00:38 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:38 – 02:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:07 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:37 – 05:06 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:06 – 06:36 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871304.27
Julian Day2459769.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1676°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)117.67°
🪷 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 (24.1676°), declination 22.37°, EoT -4.83 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: 2022-07-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)