Nairobi panchang, 21 August 2024
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 20:20 Shravana month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 18:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:04 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:35 – 14:06
- 14:30 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 14:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:42 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:37 to 06:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:37 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 14:37
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 22:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:30
- Karana Gara until 14:37, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:30 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 14:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:42 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 14:06
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:55 – 11:16 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. 04:58 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 12:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:37 – 21:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:34 – 14:37
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:34 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:04 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 12:35 | Good |
| Rog | 12:35 – 14:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:06 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Char | 15:36 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:37 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:06 – 21:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:36 – 23:06 | Good |
| Char | 23:06 – 00:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:35 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:05 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:20 Cancer
- 06:20 – 08:11 Leo
- 08:11 – 10:01 Virgo
- 10:01 – 11:57 Libra
- 11:57 – 14:04 Scorpio
- 14:04 – 16:13 Sagittarius
- 16:13 – 18:15 Capricorn
- 18:15 – 20:09 Aquarius
- 20:09 – 22:00 Pisces
- 22:00 – 23:59 Aries
- 23:59 – 02:06 next day Taurus
- 02:06 – 04:15 next day Gemini
- 04:15 – 06:16 next day Cancer
- 06:16 – 06:34 next day Leo
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