Nairobi panchang, 16 December 2023
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 09:39 Margashirsha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 18:33- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:23 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 06:23 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 07:11 – 08:00
- Rahu Kalam 09:25 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 13:59 – 15:30
- 06:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:30 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:33 to 06:23 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:16 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 17:30
- Nakshatra Shravana until 02:07 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:16 next day
- Karana Vanija until 06:46, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:16 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:16 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:23 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:23 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:11 – 08:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:30
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. 04:48 – 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 18:33 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:23 – 02:07 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:23 – 17:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:28 – 02:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:23 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:54 – 09:25 | Good |
| Rog | 09:25 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:56 – 12:28 | Bad |
| Char | 12:28 – 13:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:59 – 15:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:30 – 17:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:01 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:33 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:01 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:30 – 22:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:59 – 00:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:28 – 01:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:57 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:54 – 06:23 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
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:27 Scorpio
- 06:27 – 08:36 Sagittarius
- 08:36 – 10:38 Capricorn
- 10:38 – 12:32 Aquarius
- 12:32 – 14:23 Pisces
- 14:23 – 16:22 Aries
- 16:22 – 18:29 Taurus
- 18:29 – 20:38 Gemini
- 20:38 – 22:39 Cancer
- 22:39 – 00:30 next day Leo
- 00:30 – 02:20 next day Virgo
- 02:20 – 04:16 next day Libra
- 04:16 – 06:23 next day Scorpio
- 06:23 – 06:23 next day Sagittarius
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