Nairobi panchang, 21 April 2024
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 16:54 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 18:32- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 12:31 – 14:01
- Gulika Kalam 15:32 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta 16:56 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam 17:02 – 18:32
- 09:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:38 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:32 to 06:29 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 22:41
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:38 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:13 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 09:28, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:38 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 22:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 14:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:56 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:02 – 18:32
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. 04:54 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 14:38
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 14:38 – 06:29 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:38 – 06:29 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:38 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:30 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:00 – 09:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:30 – 11:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:01 – 12:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:31 – 14:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:01 – 15:32 | Good |
| Rog | 15:32 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:32 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:02 – 21:31 | Good |
| Char | 21:31 – 23:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:01 – 00:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:31 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:00 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:30 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:00 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:04 Pisces
- 06:04 – 08:02 Aries
- 08:02 – 10:10 Taurus
- 10:10 – 12:19 Gemini
- 12:19 – 14:19 Cancer
- 14:19 – 16:11 Leo
- 16:11 – 18:00 Virgo
- 18:00 – 19:57 Libra
- 19:57 – 22:03 Scorpio
- 22:03 – 00:13 next day Sagittarius
- 00:13 – 02:15 next day Capricorn
- 02:15 – 04:08 next day Aquarius
- 04:08 – 06:00 next day Pisces
- 06:00 – 06:29 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