Nairobi panchang, 20 January 2024
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 14:21 Pausha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 18:48- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:39 – 08:10
- Durmuhurta 06:39 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:16
- Rahu Kalam 09:41 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:07
- Yamaganda 14:14 – 15:45
- 08:35 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:57 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:48 to 06:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:48 – 21:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 16:57
- Nakshatra Krittika until 00:39 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 08:35
- Karana Gara until 16:57, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:35 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:39 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:41 – 11:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:14 – 15:45
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 00:39 – 06:39 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. 05:04 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:19 – 13:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 21:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:39 – 00:39 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:39 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:39 – 08:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:10 – 09:41 | Good |
| Rog | 09:41 – 11:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:12 – 12:43 | Bad |
| Char | 12:43 – 14:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:14 – 15:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:45 – 17:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:16 – 18:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:48 – 20:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:17 – 21:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:45 – 23:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:14 – 00:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:43 – 02:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:12 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:41 – 05:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:10 – 06:39 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
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:19 Sagittarius
- 06:19 – 08:21 Capricorn
- 08:21 – 10:14 Aquarius
- 10:14 – 12:06 Pisces
- 12:06 – 14:04 Aries
- 14:04 – 16:11 Taurus
- 16:11 – 18:21 Gemini
- 18:21 – 20:21 Cancer
- 20:21 – 22:12 Leo
- 22:12 – 00:02 next day Virgo
- 00:02 – 01:58 next day Libra
- 01:58 – 04:05 next day Scorpio
- 04:05 – 06:15 next day Sagittarius
- 06:15 – 06:39 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