Nairobi panchang, 18 January 2024
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 12:39 Pausha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:47- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:38 – 08:09
- Gulika Kalam 09:40 – 11:11
- Durmuhurta 10:41 – 11:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam 14:14 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta 15:33 – 16:21
- 06:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:17 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 18:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:15 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:47 to 06:38 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:47 – 21:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 05:45 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 18:15
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:28 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 12:17
- Karana Vishti until 06:52, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:17 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 18:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 05:45 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:37 – 01:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:40 – 11:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:41 – 11:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:14 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:33 – 16:21
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:47 – 21:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:38 – 00:28 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:28 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:38 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:09 – 09:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:40 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Char | 11:11 – 12:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:42 – 14:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:14 – 15:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:45 – 17:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:16 – 18:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:47 – 20:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:16 – 21:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:45 – 23:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:14 – 00:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:43 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:12 – 03:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:40 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:09 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:41 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:26 Sagittarius
- 06:26 – 08:28 Capricorn
- 08:28 – 10:22 Aquarius
- 10:22 – 12:14 Pisces
- 12:14 – 14:12 Aries
- 14:12 – 16:19 Taurus
- 16:19 – 18:28 Gemini
- 18:28 – 20:29 Cancer
- 20:29 – 22:20 Leo
- 22:20 – 00:10 next day Virgo
- 00:10 – 02:06 next day Libra
- 02:06 – 04:13 next day Scorpio
- 04:13 – 06:22 next day Sagittarius
- 06:22 – 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