Nairobi panchang, 17 April 2024
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 14:13 Chaitra month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:32 – 14:02
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:33 to 06:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:50 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:26 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 12:44
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 05:26 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 21:20
- Karana Kaulava until 12:44, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:50 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:26 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 14:02
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:20 – 23:44
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. 04:55 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:31 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:32 | Good |
| Rog | 12:32 – 14:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:02 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 17:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:03 – 18:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:33 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:03 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 23:02 | Good |
| Char | 23:02 – 00:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:32 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:20 Pisces
- 06:20 – 08:18 Aries
- 08:18 – 10:25 Taurus
- 10:25 – 12:35 Gemini
- 12:35 – 14:35 Cancer
- 14:35 – 16:26 Leo
- 16:26 – 18:16 Virgo
- 18:16 – 20:12 Libra
- 20:12 – 22:19 Scorpio
- 22:19 – 00:29 next day Sagittarius
- 00:29 – 02:31 next day Capricorn
- 02:31 – 04:24 next day Aquarius
- 04:24 – 06:16 next day Pisces
- 06:16 – 06:30 next day Aries
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