Nairobi panchang, 31 December 2023
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 22:23 Margashirsha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:40- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 12:35 – 14:06
- Gulika Kalam 15:38 – 17:09
- Durmuhurta 17:03 – 17:51
- Rahu Kalam 17:09 – 18:40
- 09:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 09:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:40 to 06:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:40 – 21:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:10 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 06:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 09:26
- Nakshatra Magha until 06:06 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 01:10 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 09:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:10 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 06:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 14:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:38 – 17:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:03 – 17:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:09 – 18:40
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. 04:55 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 12:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:40 – 21:02
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:30 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:01 – 09:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:33 – 11:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:04 – 12:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:35 – 14:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:06 – 15:38 | Good |
| Rog | 15:38 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:09 – 18:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:40 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:09 – 21:38 | Good |
| Char | 21:38 – 23:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:06 – 00:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:35 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:04 – 03:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:33 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:02 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:28 Scorpio
- 05:28 – 07:37 Sagittarius
- 07:37 – 09:39 Capricorn
- 09:39 – 11:33 Aquarius
- 11:33 – 13:24 Pisces
- 13:24 – 15:23 Aries
- 15:23 – 17:30 Taurus
- 17:30 – 19:39 Gemini
- 19:39 – 21:40 Cancer
- 21:40 – 23:31 Leo
- 23:31 – 01:21 next day Virgo
- 01:21 – 03:17 next day Libra
- 03:17 – 05:24 next day Scorpio
- 05:24 – 06:31 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