Nairobi panchang, 19 March 2025
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 22:26 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 18:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:08 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam 11:09 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:40 – 14:11
- 08:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:36 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:07 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 18:20 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:42 to 06:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:42 – 21:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:07 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 22:07
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 18:20 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 15:07
- Karana Kaulava until 08:55, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:36 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:07 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 18:20 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 22:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:07 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:40 – 14:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:07 – 16:19
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. 05:02 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 21:05
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 18:20 – 06:37 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:20 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:38 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:08 – 09:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:39 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:09 – 12:40 | Good |
| Rog | 12:40 – 14:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:11 – 15:41 | Bad |
| Char | 15:41 – 17:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:12 – 18:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:42 – 20:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:12 – 21:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:41 – 23:10 | Good |
| Char | 23:10 – 00:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:40 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:09 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:39 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:08 – 06:37 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
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:23 Aquarius
- 06:23 – 08:15 Pisces
- 08:15 – 10:13 Aries
- 10:13 – 12:21 Taurus
- 12:21 – 14:30 Gemini
- 14:30 – 16:30 Cancer
- 16:30 – 18:21 Leo
- 18:21 – 20:11 Virgo
- 20:11 – 22:08 Libra
- 22:08 – 00:14 next day Scorpio
- 00:14 – 02:24 next day Sagittarius
- 02:24 – 04:26 next day Capricorn
- 04:26 – 06:19 next day Aquarius
- 06:19 – 06:37 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