Nairobi panchang, 16 March 2025
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:43 Moonrise 20:16 Phalguna month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:43- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 12:41 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam 15:42 – 17:13
- Durmuhurta 17:07 – 17:55
- Rahu Kalam 17:13 – 18:43
- 09:15 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 12:18 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 14:28 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:43 to 06:38 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:43 – 21:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:45 Moon enters Libra
- 03:45 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 14:28
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:15 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:18
- Karana Gara until 14:28, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:15 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 12:18 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 14:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:45 Moon enters Libra
- 03:45 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:41 – 14:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:42 – 17:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:07 – 17:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:13 – 18:43
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. 05:03 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:17 – 13:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:43 – 21:06
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:38 – 09:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:38 – 09:15
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:38 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:09 – 09:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:40 – 11:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:10 – 12:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:41 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:11 – 15:42 | Good |
| Rog | 15:42 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:13 – 18:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:43 – 20:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:13 – 21:42 | Good |
| Char | 21:42 – 23:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:11 – 00:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:41 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:10 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:39 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:09 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:41 NowMars
- 13:41 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:38 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:38 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:38 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:38 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:38 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:35 Aquarius
- 06:35 – 08:27 Pisces
- 08:27 – 10:25 Aries
- 10:25 – 12:32 Taurus
- 12:32 – 14:41 Gemini
- 14:41 – 16:42 Cancer
- 16:42 – 18:33 Leo
- 18:33 – 20:23 Virgo
- 20:23 – 22:19 Libra
- 22:19 – 00:26 next day Scorpio
- 00:26 – 02:35 next day Sagittarius
- 02:35 – 04:38 next day Capricorn
- 04:38 – 06:31 next day Aquarius
- 06:31 – 06:38 next day Pisces
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