Nairobi panchang, 20 December 2023
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 13:05 Margashirsha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 18:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:58 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:30 – 14:01
- 08:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:35 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:27 Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:44
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 20:27 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 13:26
- Karana Bava until 08:44, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 19:54 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:27 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:07 – 13:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:30 – 14:01
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:27 – 06:25 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. 04:50 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:27 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:25 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:58 – 12:30 | Good |
| Rog | 12:30 – 14:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:01 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 17:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:03 – 18:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:35 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:03 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 23:01 | Good |
| Char | 23:01 – 00:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:30 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:59 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:25 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
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:11 Scorpio
- 06:11 – 08:20 Sagittarius
- 08:20 – 10:22 Capricorn
- 10:22 – 12:16 Aquarius
- 12:16 – 14:08 Pisces
- 14:08 – 16:06 Aries
- 16:06 – 18:13 Taurus
- 18:13 – 20:22 Gemini
- 20:22 – 22:23 Cancer
- 22:23 – 00:14 next day Leo
- 00:14 – 02:04 next day Virgo
- 02:04 – 04:00 next day Libra
- 04:00 – 06:07 next day Scorpio
- 06:07 – 06:25 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