Nairobi panchang, 17 December 2023
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 10:35 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 12:28 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam 15:31 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta 16:56 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam 17:02 – 18:33
- 13:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:33 to 06:24 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 15:03
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 00:24 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 22:05
- Karana Balava until 15:03, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 15:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:28 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:56 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:02 – 18:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:05 – 23:17
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 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:24 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:23 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:54 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:57 – 12:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:28 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:59 – 15:31 | Good |
| Rog | 15:31 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:33 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:02 – 21:31 | Good |
| Char | 21:31 – 23:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:00 – 00:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:28 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:57 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:55 – 06:24 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 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:23 Scorpio
- 06:23 – 08:32 Sagittarius
- 08:32 – 10:34 Capricorn
- 10:34 – 12:28 Aquarius
- 12:28 – 14:19 Pisces
- 14:19 – 16:18 Aries
- 16:18 – 18:25 Taurus
- 18:25 – 20:34 Gemini
- 20:34 – 22:35 Cancer
- 22:35 – 00:26 next day Leo
- 00:26 – 02:16 next day Virgo
- 02:16 – 04:12 next day Libra
- 04:12 – 06:19 next day Scorpio
- 06:19 – 06:24 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