Nairobi panchang, 16 November 2023
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 08:46 Kartika month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:21- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:13 – 07:44
- Gulika Kalam 09:15 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta 10:15 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam 13:48 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:56
- 07:29 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 10:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 10:05 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:21 to 06:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 05:05 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 10:05
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:46 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 07:29
- Karana Gara until 10:05, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:29 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 10:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 10:05 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 05:05 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:13 – 07:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:15 – 11:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:56
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:05 – 07:05 next day
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:13 – 23:46
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:13 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:44 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:15 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Char | 10:46 – 12:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:17 – 13:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:48 – 15:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:19 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:50 – 18:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:21 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:50 – 21:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:19 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:48 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:17 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:46 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:15 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:44 – 06:13 next day | Good |
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 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:18 Libra
- 06:18 – 08:25 Scorpio
- 08:25 – 10:34 Sagittarius
- 10:34 – 12:36 Capricorn
- 12:36 – 14:30 Aquarius
- 14:30 – 16:21 Pisces
- 16:21 – 18:20 Aries
- 18:20 – 20:27 Taurus
- 20:27 – 22:36 Gemini
- 22:36 – 00:37 next day Cancer
- 00:37 – 02:28 next day Leo
- 02:28 – 04:18 next day Virgo
- 04:18 – 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