Nairobi panchang, 22 December 2023
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 14:41 Margashirsha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 18:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:57 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:59 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:44
- Yamaganda 15:33 – 17:04
- 08:40 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:36 to 06:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 04:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 04:42 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 19:05 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 08:40
- Karana Vanija until 17:12, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:40 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:05 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 04:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:33 – 17:04
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. 04:51 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 20:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:26 – 19:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:26 – 19:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:26 – 04:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:26 – 07:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:57 – 09:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:28 – 10:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:59 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:31 – 14:02 | Good |
| Rog | 14:02 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:33 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Char | 17:04 – 18:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:36 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:04 – 21:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:33 – 23:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:02 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:31 – 02:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:00 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:28 – 04:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:57 – 06:26 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
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:03 Scorpio
- 06:03 – 08:13 Sagittarius
- 08:13 – 10:15 Capricorn
- 10:15 – 12:08 Aquarius
- 12:08 – 14:00 Pisces
- 14:00 – 15:58 Aries
- 15:58 – 18:05 Taurus
- 18:05 – 20:15 Gemini
- 20:15 – 22:15 Cancer
- 22:15 – 00:06 next day Leo
- 00:06 – 01:56 next day Virgo
- 01:56 – 03:53 next day Libra
- 03:53 – 05:59 next day Scorpio
- 05:59 – 06:26 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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