Nairobi panchang, 20 November 2023
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 12:39 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 18:22- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:44 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 10:47 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 15:56
- 07:37 Moon enters Aquarius
- 13:49 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:04 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
18:22 to 06:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:56 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 00:46 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 18:56 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 18:04
- Karana Vishti until 13:49, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:37 Moon enters Aquarius
- 13:49 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:04 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:56 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:37 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 15:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:04 – 21:40
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 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:45
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:13 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:44 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:16 – 10:47 | Good |
| Rog | 10:47 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:18 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:20 – 16:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:51 – 18:22 | Good |
| Char | 18:22 – 19:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:51 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:20 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:49 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:18 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:47 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:16 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:45 – 06:13 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:02 Libra
- 06:02 – 08:09 Scorpio
- 08:09 – 10:18 Sagittarius
- 10:18 – 12:20 Capricorn
- 12:20 – 14:14 Aquarius
- 14:14 – 16:06 Pisces
- 16:06 – 18:04 Aries
- 18:04 – 20:11 Taurus
- 20:11 – 22:20 Gemini
- 22:20 – 00:21 next day Cancer
- 00:21 – 02:12 next day Leo
- 02:12 – 04:02 next day Virgo
- 04:02 – 05:58 next day Libra
- 05:58 – 06:13 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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