पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · April 18, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.4 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।

अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।।
"7.4 Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and personality; this is the eightfold division of My Manifested Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya4.31°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra119.35°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala325.72°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha353.88°MīnaRevatī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati26.96°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शुक्र Śukra351.41°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani321.32°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:30 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:35 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:11 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:13 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:53 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:29 – 06:30
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:23 – 18:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:35 – 19:05
Amṛta Kāla18:20 – 20:05
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:03 – 15:33
Yamaganda06:30 – 08:00
Gulika Kāla09:31 – 11:02
Varjyam07:00 – 07:19
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:30 – 08:00 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:00 – 09:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:31 – 11:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:02 – 12:32 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:32 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:03 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:33 – 17:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:04 – 18:35 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:35 – 20:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:04 – 21:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:33 – 23:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:03 – 00:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:32 – 02:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:02 – 03:31 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:31 – 05:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:00 – 06:30 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871953.27
Julian Day2460418.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1924°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)112.57°
🪷 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 (24.1924°), declination 10.94°, EoT 0.51 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: 2024-04-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)