Nairobi panchang, 22 November 2023
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 14:20 Kartika month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:49
- 09:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:28 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 16:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:23 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:34 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:34
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 16:07 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 12:15
- Karana Taitila until 09:37, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:28 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 16:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 20:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:34 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:15 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:49
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. 04:39 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:14 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:14 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:52 – 18:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:23 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:52 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:14 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
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:54 Libra
- 05:54 – 08:01 Scorpio
- 08:01 – 10:11 Sagittarius
- 10:11 – 12:13 Capricorn
- 12:13 – 14:06 Aquarius
- 14:06 – 15:58 Pisces
- 15:58 – 17:56 Aries
- 17:56 – 20:03 Taurus
- 20:03 – 22:13 Gemini
- 22:13 – 00:13 next day Cancer
- 00:13 – 02:04 next day Leo
- 02:04 – 03:54 next day Virgo
- 03:54 – 05:50 next day Libra
- 05:50 – 06:14 next day Scorpio
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