पञ्चाङ्ग — Nairobi, Kenya · December 26, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.14 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः।प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम्।।15.14।।
"15.14 Becoming the fire of life, I pass into their bodies and, uniting with the vital streams of Prana and Apana, I digest the various kinds of food." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.03°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra98.13°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala134.38°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha245.84°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati122.30°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra203.03°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani343.97°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 UTC+3
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:40 UTC+3
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 UTC+3
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:25 UTC+3
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:27 UTC+3
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 11 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 48 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:27 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:36 – 15:24
Godhūli Muhūrta18:28 – 18:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:40 – 19:10
Amṛta Kāla18:25 – 20:10
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:31 – 11:02
Yamaganda14:05 – 15:37
Gulika Kāla06:28 – 07:59
Varjyam06:58 – 07:18
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:28 – 07:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:59 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:31 – 11:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:02 – 12:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:34 – 14:05 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:05 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:37 – 17:08 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:08 – 18:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:40 – 20:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:08 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:37 – 23:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:05 – 00:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:34 – 02:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:02 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:31 – 04:59 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:59 – 06:28 (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 Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872935.27
Julian Day2461400.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2299°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)205.87°
🪷 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 (24.2299°), declination -23.37°, EoT -0.96 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: 2026-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)