Nairobi panchang, 8 March 2024
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 04:44 Magha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:46- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:11 – 09:41
- Durmuhurta 09:05 – 09:54
- Rahu Kalam 11:12 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta 13:07 – 13:55
- Yamaganda 15:44 – 17:15
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 09:12 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:46 to 06:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:46 – 21:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:50 Moon enters Aquarius
- 19:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 05:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 05:39 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 19:28
- Nakshatra Shravana until 08:10 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 22:15
- Karana Gara until 09:12, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 09:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:50 Moon enters Aquarius
- 19:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 19:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 05:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 05:39 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:05 – 09:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:07 – 13:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:44 – 17:15
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:28 – 05:39 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. 05:05 – 05:52
- 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 18:46 – 21:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:40 – 08:10
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 08:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:11 – 09:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:41 – 11:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:12 – 12:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:43 – 14:14 | Good |
| Rog | 14:14 – 15:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:44 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:46 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:15 – 21:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:44 – 23:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:14 – 00:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:43 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:12 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:41 – 05:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:11 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 05:12 Capricorn
- 05:12 – 07:05 Aquarius
- 07:05 – 08:57 Pisces
- 08:57 – 10:55 Aries
- 10:55 – 13:03 Taurus
- 13:03 – 15:12 Gemini
- 15:12 – 17:12 Cancer
- 17:12 – 19:04 Leo
- 19:04 – 20:53 Virgo
- 20:53 – 22:50 Libra
- 22:50 – 00:56 next day Scorpio
- 00:56 – 03:06 next day Sagittarius
- 03:06 – 05:08 next day Capricorn
- 05:08 – 06:40 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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