Nairobi panchang, 9 December 2024
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 13:12 Margashirsha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 18:30- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:51 – 09:22
- Yamaganda 10:54 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta 12:49 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam 13:56 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:15 – 16:04
- 06:44 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 16:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:30 to 06:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:35 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 03:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 03:32 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 03:32 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 12:26 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 22:35
- Karana Balava until 16:35, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:44 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 16:35 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:35 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 03:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 03:32 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:49 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:56 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:15 – 16:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:35 – 19:32 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. 04:45 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:26 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:20 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:51 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:22 – 10:54 | Good |
| Rog | 10:54 – 12:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:25 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Char | 13:56 – 15:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:27 – 16:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:58 – 18:30 | Good |
| Char | 18:30 – 19:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:58 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:27 – 22:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:56 – 00:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:25 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:54 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:23 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:51 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:51 Scorpio
- 06:51 – 09:01 Sagittarius
- 09:01 – 11:03 Capricorn
- 11:03 – 12:56 Aquarius
- 12:56 – 14:48 Pisces
- 14:48 – 16:46 Aries
- 16:46 – 18:54 Taurus
- 18:54 – 21:03 Gemini
- 21:03 – 23:03 Cancer
- 23:03 – 00:55 next day Leo
- 00:55 – 02:44 next day Virgo
- 02:44 – 04:41 next day Libra
- 04:41 – 06:20 next day Scorpio
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