Nairobi panchang, 21 December 2023
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 13:53 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:25 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam 09:28 – 10:59
- Durmuhurta 10:28 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam 14:01 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta 15:20 – 16:09
- 07:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 07:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:57 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 18:25 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:35 to 06:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:39 Moon enters Aries
- 05:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:07
- Nakshatra Revati until 19:39 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 10:57
- Karana Kaulava until 07:07, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 07:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:57 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 18:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:39 Moon enters Aries
- 05:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:25 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:28 – 11:17
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:57 – 21:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:01 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:20 – 16:09
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 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:25 – 19:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:25 – 06:26 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:07 – 05:47 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:39 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:25 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:56 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:28 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Char | 10:59 – 12:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:30 – 14:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:01 – 15:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:33 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:04 – 18:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:35 – 20:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:04 – 21:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:33 – 23:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:02 – 00:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:30 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:59 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:28 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:57 – 06:26 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
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:07 Scorpio
- 06:07 – 08:16 Sagittarius
- 08:16 – 10:19 Capricorn
- 10:19 – 12:12 Aquarius
- 12:12 – 14:04 Pisces
- 14:04 – 16:02 Aries
- 16:02 – 18:09 Taurus
- 18:09 – 20:19 Gemini
- 20:19 – 22:19 Cancer
- 22:19 – 00:10 next day Leo
- 00:10 – 02:00 next day Virgo
- 02:00 – 03:56 next day Libra
- 03:56 – 06:03 next day Scorpio
- 06:03 – 06:26 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