Nairobi panchang, 23 December 2023
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 15:32 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:26 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta 06:26 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta 07:15 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam 09:29 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 14:02 – 15:34
- 06:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 16:16 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:36 to 06:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:49 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 00:47 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:47 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 03:54 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 18:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 06:37
- Karana Bava until 16:16, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 16:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:49 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 00:47 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:47 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:26 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:26 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:15 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 11:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:02 – 15:34
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 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 20:58
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:26 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:57 – 09:29 | Good |
| Rog | 09:29 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:00 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Char | 12:31 – 14:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:02 – 15:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:34 – 17:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:05 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:36 – 20:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:05 – 21:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:34 – 23:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:03 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:31 – 02:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:00 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:29 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:58 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:59 Scorpio
- 05:59 – 08:09 Sagittarius
- 08:09 – 10:11 Capricorn
- 10:11 – 12:04 Aquarius
- 12:04 – 13:56 Pisces
- 13:56 – 15:54 Aries
- 15:54 – 18:02 Taurus
- 18:02 – 20:11 Gemini
- 20:11 – 22:11 Cancer
- 22:11 – 00:03 next day Leo
- 00:03 – 01:52 next day Virgo
- 01:52 – 03:49 next day Libra
- 03:49 – 05:55 next day Scorpio
- 05:55 – 06:27 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