Nairobi panchang, 5 January 2028
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 12:36 Pausha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 18:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:04 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 11:06 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 13:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:37 – 14:09
- 10:45 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 17:20 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:42 to 06:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:42 – 21:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:01 next day Moon enters Aries
- 05:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 17:20
- Nakshatra Revati until 00:01 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 10:45
- Karana Bava until 17:20, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:45 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 17:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 00:01 next day Moon enters Aries
- 05:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:37 – 14:09
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:32 – 00:01 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:01 – 06:33 next day
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. 04:58 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 21:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:01 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:32 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:04 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:06 – 12:37 | Good |
| Rog | 12:37 – 14:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:09 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Char | 15:40 – 17:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:11 – 18:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:42 – 20:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:11 – 21:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:40 – 23:09 | Good |
| Char | 23:09 – 00:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:38 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:06 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:33 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
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:08 Scorpio
- 05:08 – 07:18 Sagittarius
- 07:18 – 09:20 Capricorn
- 09:20 – 11:13 Aquarius
- 11:13 – 13:05 Pisces
- 13:05 – 15:03 Aries
- 15:03 – 17:11 Taurus
- 17:11 – 19:20 Gemini
- 19:20 – 21:20 Cancer
- 21:20 – 23:12 Leo
- 23:12 – 01:01 next day Virgo
- 01:01 – 02:58 next day Libra
- 02:58 – 05:04 next day Scorpio
- 05:04 – 06:33 next day Sagittarius
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