Nairobi panchang, 25 October 2023
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 15:36 Ashwin month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:47
- 09:46 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 10:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:20 to 06:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:27 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 10:02
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 11:00 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 09:46
- Karana Vishti until 10:02, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:46 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 10:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:27 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:24 – 10:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:47
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:38 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:13 – 11:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:02 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:13 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:47 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:14 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 06:13 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:48 Virgo
- 05:48 – 07:44 Libra
- 07:44 – 09:51 Scorpio
- 09:51 – 12:01 Sagittarius
- 12:01 – 14:03 Capricorn
- 14:03 – 15:56 Aquarius
- 15:56 – 17:48 Pisces
- 17:48 – 19:46 Aries
- 19:46 – 21:54 Taurus
- 21:54 – 00:03 next day Gemini
- 00:03 – 02:03 next day Cancer
- 02:03 – 03:55 next day Leo
- 03:55 – 05:44 next day Virgo
- 05:44 – 06:13 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Nairobi (UTC+3) · Method