Nairobi panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:41 Margashirsha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 18:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 13:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 13:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:36 – 14:08
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 17:18 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:41 to 06:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:41 – 21:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 06:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 17:18
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 12:16 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 03:50 next day
- Karana Bava until 17:18, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 17:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:50 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 06:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 13:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:36 – 14:08
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:50 – 06:14 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. 04:57 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 21:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:32 – 12:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:32 – 17:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:16 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:32 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:34 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 12:36 | Good |
| Rog | 12:36 – 14:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:08 – 15:39 | Bad |
| Char | 15:39 – 17:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:10 – 18:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:41 – 20:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:10 – 21:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:39 – 23:08 | Good |
| Char | 23:08 – 00:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:37 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:06 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:03 – 06:32 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
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:16 Scorpio
- 05:16 – 07:25 Sagittarius
- 07:25 – 09:27 Capricorn
- 09:27 – 11:21 Aquarius
- 11:21 – 13:13 Pisces
- 13:13 – 15:11 Aries
- 15:11 – 17:18 Taurus
- 17:18 – 19:27 Gemini
- 19:27 – 21:28 Cancer
- 21:28 – 23:19 Leo
- 23:19 – 01:09 next day Virgo
- 01:09 – 03:05 next day Libra
- 03:05 – 05:12 next day Scorpio
- 05:12 – 06:32 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