Nairobi panchang, 20 October 2027
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 22:52 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 18:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:48
- 08:24 Moon enters Gemini
- 12:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:20 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:02 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:12 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 12:48
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:00 · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 02:12 next day
- Karana Taitila until 12:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:24 Moon enters Gemini
- 12:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:00 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:02 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:12 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:35 – 15:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:48
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 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:14 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:00 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:14 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 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 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:08 Virgo
- 06:08 – 08:04 Libra
- 08:04 – 10:11 Scorpio
- 10:11 – 12:20 Sagittarius
- 12:20 – 14:22 Capricorn
- 14:22 – 16:16 Aquarius
- 16:16 – 18:07 Pisces
- 18:07 – 20:06 Aries
- 20:06 – 22:13 Taurus
- 22:13 – 00:22 next day Gemini
- 00:22 – 02:23 next day Cancer
- 02:23 – 04:14 next day Leo
- 04:14 – 06:04 next day Virgo
- 06:04 – 06:14 next day Libra
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