Nairobi panchang, 17 May 2025
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 22:39 Vaishakha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 18:29- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:28 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 07:16 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam 09:28 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 13:59 – 15:29
- 15:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
18:29 to 06:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:12 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 03:28 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 15:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 04:12 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:09, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 15:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 21:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:12 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:16 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:29
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. 04:52 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:53
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:28 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:58 – 09:28 | Good |
| Rog | 09:28 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:58 – 12:29 | Bad |
| Char | 12:29 – 13:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:59 – 15:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:29 – 16:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:59 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:29 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:59 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:29 – 22:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:59 – 00:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:29 – 01:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:58 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:28 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:58 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:21 Aries
- 06:21 – 08:29 Taurus
- 08:29 – 10:38 Gemini
- 10:38 – 12:38 Cancer
- 12:38 – 14:30 Leo
- 14:30 – 16:19 Virgo
- 16:19 – 18:16 Libra
- 18:16 – 20:22 Scorpio
- 20:22 – 22:32 Sagittarius
- 22:32 – 00:34 next day Capricorn
- 00:34 – 02:27 next day Aquarius
- 02:27 – 04:19 next day Pisces
- 04:19 – 06:17 next day Aries
- 06:17 – 06:28 next day Taurus
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