Nairobi panchang, 20 March 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 15:31 Phalguna 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 18:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 11:09 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:40 – 14:10
- 10:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:30 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:42 to 06:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:42 – 21:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:08 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 23:53 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 23:53
- Nakshatra Pushya until 20:08 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 14:30
- Karana Vanija until 10:49, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:30 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 20:08 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 23:53 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:38
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:49 – 23:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:40 – 14:10
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 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 21:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:37 – 20:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:53 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:37 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:09 – 12:40 | Good |
| Rog | 12:40 – 14:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:10 – 15:41 | Bad |
| Char | 15:41 – 17:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:11 – 18:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:42 – 20:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:11 – 21:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:41 – 23:10 | Good |
| Char | 23:10 – 00:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:39 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:09 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:08 – 06:37 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
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:37 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)
- 05:02 – 06:18 Aquarius
- 06:18 – 08:10 Pisces
- 08:10 – 10:08 Aries
- 10:08 – 12:16 Taurus
- 12:16 – 14:25 Gemini
- 14:25 – 16:25 Cancer
- 16:25 – 18:17 Leo
- 18:17 – 20:06 Virgo
- 20:06 – 22:03 Libra
- 22:03 – 00:09 next day Scorpio
- 00:09 – 02:19 next day Sagittarius
- 02:19 – 04:21 next day Capricorn
- 04:21 – 06:14 next day Aquarius
- 06:14 – 06:37 next day Pisces
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