Nairobi panchang, 14 January 2024
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 09:20 Pausha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 12:41 – 14:12
- Gulika Kalam 15:43 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta 17:09 – 17:57
- Rahu Kalam 17:15 – 18:46
- 07:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 15:58 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:46 to 06:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:46 – 21:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:09 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 02:29 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 07:52 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:09 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:58, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 15:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:09 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:52 – 00:09 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:41 – 14:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:43 – 17:15
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:58 – 02:29 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:09 – 17:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:15 – 18:46
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. 05:02 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:17 – 13:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:46 – 21:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:52 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:36 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:08 – 09:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:39 – 11:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:10 – 12:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:41 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:12 – 15:43 | Good |
| Rog | 15:43 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:15 – 21:44 | Good |
| Char | 21:44 – 23:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:12 – 00:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:41 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:10 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:39 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:08 – 06:37 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
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:38 NowMercury
- 09:39 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:41 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:42 Sagittarius
- 06:42 – 08:44 Capricorn
- 08:44 – 10:38 Aquarius
- 10:38 – 12:29 Pisces
- 12:29 – 14:28 Aries
- 14:28 – 16:35 Taurus
- 16:35 – 18:44 Gemini
- 18:44 – 20:45 Cancer
- 20:45 – 22:36 Leo
- 22:36 – 00:26 next day Virgo
- 00:26 – 02:22 next day Libra
- 02:22 – 04:29 next day Scorpio
- 04:29 – 06:37 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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