Nairobi panchang, 4 January 2024
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 00:20 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 18:42- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:32 – 08:03
- Gulika Kalam 09:34 – 11:06
- Durmuhurta 10:35 – 11:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:01
- Rahu Kalam 14:08 – 15:39
- Durmuhurta 15:27 – 16:16
- 15:03 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:42 to 06:32 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:42 – 21:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:16 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:18 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 19:35
- Nakshatra Hasta until 15:03 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 04:18 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 19:35, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:03 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 19:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:16 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:18 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 08:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 11:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:35 – 11:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:08 – 15:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:27 – 16:16
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 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 21:04
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:32 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:03 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:34 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Char | 11:06 – 12:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:37 – 14:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:08 – 15:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:39 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:11 – 18:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:42 – 20:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:11 – 21:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:39 – 23:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:08 – 00:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:37 – 02:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:06 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:35 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:04 – 06:32 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
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:12 Scorpio
- 05:12 – 07:21 Sagittarius
- 07:21 – 09:24 Capricorn
- 09:24 – 11:17 Aquarius
- 11:17 – 13:09 Pisces
- 13:09 – 15:07 Aries
- 15:07 – 17:14 Taurus
- 17:14 – 19:23 Gemini
- 19:23 – 21:24 Cancer
- 21:24 – 23:15 Leo
- 23:15 – 01:05 next day Virgo
- 01:05 – 03:01 next day Libra
- 03:01 – 05:08 next day Scorpio
- 05:08 – 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