Nairobi panchang, 21 March 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 16:16 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:37 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam 09:38 – 11:09
- Durmuhurta 10:38 – 11:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:03
- Rahu Kalam 14:10 – 15:40
- Durmuhurta 15:28 – 16:17
- 13:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:11 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:42 to 06:37 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:42 – 21:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:56 Moon enters Leo
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 02:14 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 22:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 15:11
- Karana Bava until 13:02, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:11 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:56 Moon enters Leo
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 11:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:38 – 11:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:10 – 15:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:28 – 16:17
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 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 21:05
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:37 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:08 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:38 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Char | 11:09 – 12:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:39 – 14:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:10 – 15:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:40 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:11 – 18:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:42 – 20:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:11 – 21:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:40 – 23:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:10 – 00:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:39 – 02:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:09 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:38 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:07 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:37 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:37 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:37 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:14 Aquarius
- 06:14 – 08:06 Pisces
- 08:06 – 10:04 Aries
- 10:04 – 12:12 Taurus
- 12:12 – 14:21 Gemini
- 14:21 – 16:21 Cancer
- 16:21 – 18:13 Leo
- 18:13 – 20:02 Virgo
- 20:02 – 21:59 Libra
- 21:59 – 00:05 next day Scorpio
- 00:05 – 02:15 next day Sagittarius
- 02:15 – 04:17 next day Capricorn
- 04:17 – 06:10 next day Aquarius
- 06:10 – 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