Nairobi panchang, 4 January 2025
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 10:22 Pausha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 18:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:32 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 06:32 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam 09:35 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 14:08 – 15:40
- 07:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 08:21 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:42 to 06:33 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:42 – 21:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 19:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:02 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 19:31
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 18:53 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 07:38
- Karana Bava until 08:21, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 08:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 19:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:02 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:32 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 08:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:38 – 05:02 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 11:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:08 – 15:40
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 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 21:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:53 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:32 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:04 – 09:35 | Good |
| Rog | 09:35 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:06 – 12:37 | Bad |
| Char | 12:37 – 14:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:08 – 15:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:40 – 17:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:11 – 18:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:42 – 20:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:11 – 21:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:40 – 23:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:09 – 00:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:37 – 02:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:06 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:35 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:04 – 06:33 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
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:09 Scorpio
- 05:09 – 07:19 Sagittarius
- 07:19 – 09:21 Capricorn
- 09:21 – 11:14 Aquarius
- 11:14 – 13:06 Pisces
- 13:06 – 15:04 Aries
- 15:04 – 17:11 Taurus
- 17:11 – 19:21 Gemini
- 19:21 – 21:21 Cancer
- 21:21 – 23:12 Leo
- 23:12 – 01:02 next day Virgo
- 01:02 – 02:58 next day Libra
- 02:58 – 05:05 next day Scorpio
- 05:05 – 06:33 next day Sagittarius
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