Nairobi panchang, 9 January 2025
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 14:33 Pausha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:44- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:35 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam 09:37 – 11:08
- Durmuhurta 10:38 – 11:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:04
- Rahu Kalam 14:11 – 15:42
- Durmuhurta 15:30 – 16:18
- 09:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 14:59 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 18:16 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:44 to 06:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:44 – 21:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 09:53
- Nakshatra Bharani until 12:37 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 14:59
- Karana Gara until 09:53, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 14:59 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 18:16 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:51 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 11:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:38 – 11:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:11 – 15:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:30 – 16:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:11 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:12 – 15:10
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. 05:00 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:44 – 21:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:35 – 12:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:35 – 09:53
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:35 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:06 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:37 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Char | 11:08 – 12:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:39 – 14:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:11 – 15:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:42 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:13 – 18:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:44 – 20:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:13 – 21:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:42 – 23:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:11 – 00:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:40 – 02:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:08 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:37 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:06 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:41 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:59 Sagittarius
- 06:59 – 09:01 Capricorn
- 09:01 – 10:54 Aquarius
- 10:54 – 12:46 Pisces
- 12:46 – 14:44 Aries
- 14:44 – 16:52 Taurus
- 16:52 – 19:01 Gemini
- 19:01 – 21:01 Cancer
- 21:01 – 22:53 Leo
- 22:53 – 00:42 next day Virgo
- 00:42 – 02:39 next day Libra
- 02:39 – 04:45 next day Scorpio
- 04:45 – 06:35 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