Nairobi panchang, 15 November 2023
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 07:47 Kartika month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:48
- 09:37 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 11:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:17 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:21 to 06:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:30 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 11:17
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 00:30 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 09:37
- Karana Kaulava until 11:17, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:37 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 11:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 00:30 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:48
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 18:21 – 20:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:12 – 11:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:30 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:12 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 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
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:22 Libra
- 06:22 – 08:29 Scorpio
- 08:29 – 10:38 Sagittarius
- 10:38 – 12:40 Capricorn
- 12:40 – 14:33 Aquarius
- 14:33 – 16:25 Pisces
- 16:25 – 18:23 Aries
- 18:23 – 20:31 Taurus
- 20:31 – 22:40 Gemini
- 22:40 – 00:41 next day Cancer
- 00:41 – 02:32 next day Leo
- 02:32 – 04:22 next day Virgo
- 04:22 – 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