पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · January 21, 2023 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।

"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala

Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana

Bengali Saṁvat: 1430

Malayalam Era: 1199

Nanakshahi: 554

Solar Month: Makara (Tai)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)	Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	276.54°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra	264.65°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	44.08°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
बुध Budha	253.94°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	339.94°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra	297.97°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani	300.48°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:39 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:49 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:44 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	05:52 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)	18:01 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 10 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 49 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:01 – 05:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:38 – 06:39
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:20 – 13:08
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:46 – 15:35
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:37 – 19:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:49 – 19:20
Amṛta Kāla	18:34 – 20:19
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:20 – 01:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	09:41 – 11:13
Yamaganda	14:15 – 15:47
Gulika Kāla	06:39 – 08:10
Varjyam	07:09 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta	09:29 – 09:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	06:39 – 08:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	08:10 – 09:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	09:41 – 11:13 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	11:13 – 12:44 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	12:44 – 14:15 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	14:15 – 15:47 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	15:47 – 17:18 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	17:18 – 18:49 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	18:49 – 20:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	20:18 – 21:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	21:47 – 23:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	23:15 – 00:44 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	00:44 – 02:13 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	02:13 – 03:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	03:41 – 05:10 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	05:10 – 06:39 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -1.2921°

Longitude: 36.8219°

Timezone: UTC+3

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-20 — Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871500.27
Julian Day	2459965.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1751°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	348.44°

🪷 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 (24.1751°), declination -19.99°, EoT -11.26 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: 2023-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)