पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · March 11, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.10 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः।मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः।।16.10।।
"16.10 Giving themselves up to insatiable passions, hypocritical, self-sufficient and arrogant, cherishing false conception founded on delusion, they work only to carry out their own unholy purposes." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya326.03°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra186.25°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala58.85°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
बुध Budha319.82°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati350.00°MīnaRevatī P2
शुक्र Śukra358.37°MīnaRevatī P4
शनि Śani306.31°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:47 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:43 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:21 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:28 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:03 – 05:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:39 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta12:19 – 13:08
Vijaya Muhūrta14:45 – 15:33
Godhūli Muhūrta18:35 – 18:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:47 – 19:17
Amṛta Kāla18:32 – 20:17
Niśīta Muhūrta00:19 – 01:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:42 – 11:13
Yamaganda14:14 – 15:45
Gulika Kāla06:40 – 08:11
Varjyam07:10 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:30 – 09:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 Kāla06:40 – 08:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:11 – 09:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:42 – 11:13 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:13 – 12:43 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:43 – 14:14 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:14 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:45 – 17:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:16 – 18:47 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:47 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:16 – 21:45 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:45 – 23:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:14 – 00:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:43 – 02:13 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:13 – 03:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:42 – 05:11 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:11 – 06:40 (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)1871549.27
Julian Day2460014.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1769°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)222.07°
🪷 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 (24.1769°), declination -3.88°, EoT -10.76 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: 2023-03-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)