Nairobi panchang, 28 December 2023
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 20:06 Margashirsha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 18:39- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:29 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam 09:31 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta 10:32 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:58
- Rahu Kalam 14:05 – 15:36
- Durmuhurta 15:24 – 16:13
- 16:07 Moon enters Cancer
- 16:49 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:39 to 06:29 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:39 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:34 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 05:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 05:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 05:30 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 22:34 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 23:53
- Karana Taitila until 16:49, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:07 Moon enters Cancer
- 16:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:34 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 05:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 05:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:31 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:32 – 11:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:05 – 15:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:24 – 16:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:53 – 23:58 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. 04:54 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 21:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:29 – 22:34
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 22:34
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 22:34 – 06:29 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:34 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:29 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:00 – 09:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:31 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Char | 11:02 – 12:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:34 – 14:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:05 – 15:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:36 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:07 – 18:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:39 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:07 – 21:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:36 – 23:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:05 – 00:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:34 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:03 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:31 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:00 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:39 Scorpio
- 05:39 – 07:49 Sagittarius
- 07:49 – 09:51 Capricorn
- 09:51 – 11:44 Aquarius
- 11:44 – 13:36 Pisces
- 13:36 – 15:34 Aries
- 15:34 – 17:42 Taurus
- 17:42 – 19:51 Gemini
- 19:51 – 21:52 Cancer
- 21:52 – 23:43 Leo
- 23:43 – 01:32 next day Virgo
- 01:32 – 03:29 next day Libra
- 03:29 – 05:36 next day Scorpio
- 05:36 – 06:29 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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