पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · December 30, 2022 CE

Also observed today

धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 13.21 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga

कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते।पुरुषः सुखदुःखानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते।।13.21।।

"13.21 Nature is the Law which generates cause and effect; God is the source of the enjoyment of all pleasure and pain." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 13.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt

Bengali Saṁvat: 1429

Malayalam Era: 1198

Nanakshahi: 553

Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	254.13°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra	343.88°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	44.93°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
बुध Budha	269.92°	Dhanu	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	336.80°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra	270.46°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani	298.13°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:30 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:41 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:36 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:32 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:37 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 11 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 48 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:52 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:29 – 06:30
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:11 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:37 – 15:26
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:29 – 18:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:41 – 19:12
Amṛta Kāla	18:26 – 20:11
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:11 – 01:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:04 – 12:36
Yamaganda	15:38 – 17:10
Gulika Kāla	08:01 – 09:33
Varjyam	07:00 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta	09:20 – 09:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	06:30 – 08:01 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	08:01 – 09:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:33 – 11:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	11:04 – 12:36 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:36 – 14:07 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	14:07 – 15:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:38 – 17:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	17:10 – 18:41 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	18:41 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	20:10 – 21:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:38 – 23:07 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	23:07 – 00:36 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:36 – 02:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	02:04 – 03:33 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:33 – 05:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	05:01 – 06:30 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -1.2921°

Longitude: 36.8219°

Timezone: UTC+3

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871478.27
Julian Day	2459943.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1742°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	86.44°

🪷 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 (24.1742°), declination -23.18°, EoT -2.80 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: 2022-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)