Nairobi panchang, 18 September 2024
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 18:57 Bhadrapada month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 18:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:50 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:26 – 13:57
- 08:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:28 to 06:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 01:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 01:49 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 01:49 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 08:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 20:58
- Karana Balava until 15:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 01:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 01:49 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:26 – 13:57
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 19:08 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 18:13 – 20:03
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:34 – 06:24 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. 04:49 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:49 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:24 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:26 | Good |
| Rog | 12:26 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:57 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:58 – 18:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:28 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:58 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:57 | Good |
| Char | 22:57 – 00:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:26 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:55 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:25 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:21 Leo
- 06:21 – 08:11 Virgo
- 08:11 – 10:07 Libra
- 10:07 – 12:14 Scorpio
- 12:14 – 14:23 Sagittarius
- 14:23 – 16:25 Capricorn
- 16:25 – 18:19 Aquarius
- 18:19 – 20:10 Pisces
- 20:10 – 22:09 Aries
- 22:09 – 00:16 next day Taurus
- 00:16 – 02:25 next day Gemini
- 02:25 – 04:26 next day Cancer
- 04:26 – 06:17 next day Leo
- 06:17 – 06:24 next day Virgo
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