Nairobi panchang, 13 December 2023
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 06:33 Margashirsha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 18:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:53 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:55 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:51 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:26 – 13:57
- 08:35 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:35 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:47 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:31 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:39 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 00:39 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 00:39 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 08:35 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 13:47
- Karana Kimstughna until 13:39, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:35 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:35 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:47 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 00:39 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 00:39 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:26 – 13:57
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:47 – 16:11
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. 04:47 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:39 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:21 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:53 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:55 – 12:26 | Good |
| Rog | 12:26 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:57 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Char | 15:29 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:31 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:29 – 22:58 | Good |
| Char | 22:58 – 00:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:26 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:55 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:22 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
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:38 Scorpio
- 06:38 – 08:48 Sagittarius
- 08:48 – 10:50 Capricorn
- 10:50 – 12:43 Aquarius
- 12:43 – 14:35 Pisces
- 14:35 – 16:33 Aries
- 16:33 – 18:41 Taurus
- 18:41 – 20:50 Gemini
- 20:50 – 22:51 Cancer
- 22:51 – 00:42 next day Leo
- 00:42 – 02:31 next day Virgo
- 02:31 – 04:28 next day Libra
- 04:28 – 06:22 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