पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · December 7, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: दत्त जयन्ती — Datta Jayantī
Birth of Dattātreya from Atri-Anusūyā; tri-mūrti unified avatāra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।
"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya230.73°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra37.98°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala52.06°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha245.77°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati334.92°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra241.61°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani296.16°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:19 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:31 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:33 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:35 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 11 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 48 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:42 – 05:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:18 – 06:19
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta18:19 – 18:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:31 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:16 – 20:01
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:25 – 13:56
Yamaganda07:51 – 09:22
Gulika Kāla10:54 – 12:25
Varjyam06:50 – 07:09
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:34

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:19 – 07:51 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:51 – 09:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:22 – 10:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:54 – 12:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:25 – 13:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:56 – 15:28 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:28 – 16:59 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:59 – 18:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:31 – 19:59 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:59 – 21:28 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:28 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:56 – 00:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:25 – 01:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:54 – 03:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:22 – 04:51 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:51 – 06:19 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā + Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871455.27
Julian Day2459920.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1733°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)168.17°
🪷 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 (24.1733°), declination -22.58°, EoT 7.72 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: 2022-12-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)