Nairobi panchang, 22 January 2025
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 00:23 Pausha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 18:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:10 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam 11:13 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:44 – 14:15
- 12:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:48 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:48 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:48 – 21:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:01 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:07 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 12:48
- Nakshatra Swati until 00:04 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 02:07 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:48, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:48 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:01 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:07 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:44 – 14:15
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:07 – 04:31 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 23:33 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:25 – 00:41 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. 05:05 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:20 – 13:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 21:11
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:39 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:10 – 09:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:42 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:13 – 12:44 | Good |
| Rog | 12:44 – 14:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:15 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Char | 15:46 – 17:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:17 – 18:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:48 – 20:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:17 – 21:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:46 – 23:15 | Good |
| Char | 23:15 – 00:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:44 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:13 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:42 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:11 – 06:40 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
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:08 Sagittarius
- 06:08 – 08:10 Capricorn
- 08:10 – 10:03 Aquarius
- 10:03 – 11:55 Pisces
- 11:55 – 13:53 Aries
- 13:53 – 16:01 Taurus
- 16:01 – 18:10 Gemini
- 18:10 – 20:10 Cancer
- 20:10 – 22:02 Leo
- 22:02 – 23:51 Virgo
- 23:51 – 01:48 next day Libra
- 01:48 – 03:54 next day Scorpio
- 03:54 – 06:04 next day Sagittarius
- 06:04 – 06:40 next day Capricorn
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