Nairobi panchang, 21 October 2024
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 22:25 Ashwin month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:44 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 10:46 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:48 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:55
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 12:48 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:45 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:20 to 06:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 23:59
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 03:21 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Variyan until 08:41
- Karana Kaulava until 12:48, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 12:48 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:45 Moon enters Gemini
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:15
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:41 – 19:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:55
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:59 – 03:21 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. 04:38 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:43
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:13 – 23:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:13 – 03:21 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:21 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:13 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:44 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:15 – 10:46 | Good |
| Rog | 10:46 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:17 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Char | 13:48 – 15:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:19 – 16:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:49 – 18:20 | Good |
| Char | 18:20 – 19:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:49 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:48 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:17 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:46 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:15 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:44 – 06:13 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:01 Virgo
- 06:01 – 07:57 Libra
- 07:57 – 10:04 Scorpio
- 10:04 – 12:13 Sagittarius
- 12:13 – 14:15 Capricorn
- 14:15 – 16:09 Aquarius
- 16:09 – 18:01 Pisces
- 18:01 – 19:59 Aries
- 19:59 – 22:06 Taurus
- 22:06 – 00:15 next day Gemini
- 00:15 – 02:16 next day Cancer
- 02:16 – 04:07 next day Leo
- 04:07 – 05:57 next day Virgo
- 05:57 – 06:13 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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