Nairobi panchang, 16 April 2025
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 21:11 Chaitra month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam 11:02 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:32 – 14:02
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:47 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:33 to 06:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:47
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 03:25 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:48
- Karana Vishti until 10:47, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:48 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:02 – 21:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 14:02
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. 04:55 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:30 – 03:25 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 03:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:31 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:02 – 12:32 | Good |
| Rog | 12:32 – 14:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:02 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Char | 15:33 – 17:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:03 – 18:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:33 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:03 – 21:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:33 – 23:02 | Good |
| Char | 23:02 – 00:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:32 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:01 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:25 Pisces
- 06:25 – 08:23 Aries
- 08:23 – 10:30 Taurus
- 10:30 – 12:40 Gemini
- 12:40 – 14:40 Cancer
- 14:40 – 16:31 Leo
- 16:31 – 18:21 Virgo
- 18:21 – 20:17 Libra
- 20:17 – 22:24 Scorpio
- 22:24 – 00:34 next day Sagittarius
- 00:34 – 02:36 next day Capricorn
- 02:36 – 04:29 next day Aquarius
- 04:29 – 06:21 next day Pisces
- 06:21 – 06:30 next day Aries
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