Nairobi panchang, 15 December 2023
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 08:38 Margashirsha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 18:32- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:53 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:56 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:40
- Yamaganda 15:30 – 17:01
- 07:46 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 09:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:14 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:32 to 06:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 04:32 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 20:00
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 03:54 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:46
- Karana Taitila until 09:14, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:46 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 09:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:14 Moon enters Capricorn
- 20:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 20:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 04:32 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 17:01
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:32 – 08:08 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. 04:47 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:22 – 03:54 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:54 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:22 – 07:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:53 – 09:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:25 – 10:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:56 – 12:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:27 – 13:58 | Good |
| Rog | 13:58 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:30 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Char | 17:01 – 18:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:32 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:01 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:30 – 22:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:59 – 00:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:27 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:56 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:25 – 04:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:54 – 06:23 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
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:31 Scorpio
- 06:31 – 08:40 Sagittarius
- 08:40 – 10:42 Capricorn
- 10:42 – 12:36 Aquarius
- 12:36 – 14:27 Pisces
- 14:27 – 16:25 Aries
- 16:25 – 18:33 Taurus
- 18:33 – 20:42 Gemini
- 20:42 – 22:43 Cancer
- 22:43 – 00:34 next day Leo
- 00:34 – 02:24 next day Virgo
- 02:24 – 04:20 next day Libra
- 04:20 – 06:23 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