Nairobi panchang, 17 October 2025
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 03:14 Ashwin month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:45 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta 08:40 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:47 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:30
- Yamaganda 15:19 – 16:50
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 08:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:21 to 06:14 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 08:42
- Nakshatra Magha until 11:27 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shukla until 23:18
- Karana Balava until 08:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 08:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 21:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:40 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:50
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:14 – 11:27
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:19 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:14 – 13:24
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. 04:39 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:14 – 08:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:27 – 06:14 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:27 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:14 – 07:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:45 – 09:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:16 – 10:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:47 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:18 – 13:48 | Good |
| Rog | 13:48 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:19 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:21 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:50 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:19 – 22:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:48 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:17 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:47 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:45 – 06:14 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
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:18 Virgo
- 06:18 – 08:14 Libra
- 08:14 – 10:21 Scorpio
- 10:21 – 12:30 Sagittarius
- 12:30 – 14:32 Capricorn
- 14:32 – 16:26 Aquarius
- 16:26 – 18:17 Pisces
- 18:17 – 20:16 Aries
- 20:16 – 22:23 Taurus
- 22:23 – 00:32 next day Gemini
- 00:32 – 02:33 next day Cancer
- 02:33 – 04:24 next day Leo
- 04:24 – 06:14 next day Virgo
- 06:14 – 06:14 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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