Nairobi panchang, 17 January 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 11:51 Pausha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 18:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam 11:11 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:42 – 14:13
- 08:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:42 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:47 to 06:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:47 – 21:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 01:03 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:37
- Nakshatra Revati until 01:03 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 14:42
- Karana Gara until 08:29, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:42 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 01:03 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:42 – 14:13
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:37 – 01:03 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:37 – 01:03 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:03 – 06:38 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. 05:03 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:47 – 21:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:37 – 19:37
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:37 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:40 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:11 – 12:42 | Good |
| Rog | 12:42 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:13 – 15:44 | Bad |
| Char | 15:44 – 17:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:16 – 18:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:47 – 20:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:16 – 21:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:45 – 23:13 | Good |
| Char | 23:13 – 00:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:42 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:11 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:40 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:38 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
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:30 Sagittarius
- 06:30 – 08:32 Capricorn
- 08:32 – 10:26 Aquarius
- 10:26 – 12:17 Pisces
- 12:17 – 14:16 Aries
- 14:16 – 16:23 Taurus
- 16:23 – 18:32 Gemini
- 18:32 – 20:33 Cancer
- 20:33 – 22:24 Leo
- 22:24 – 00:14 next day Virgo
- 00:14 – 02:10 next day Libra
- 02:10 – 04:17 next day Scorpio
- 04:17 – 06:26 next day Sagittarius
- 06:26 – 06:38 next day Capricorn
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