Nairobi panchang, 16 August 2025
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:38 Shravana month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:35 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta 07:23 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam 09:36 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:07 – 15:37
- 08:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:13 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:38 to 06:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:38 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:58 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 19:05
- Nakshatra Krittika until 02:08 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 01:58 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 19:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:58 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:23 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 11:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:07 – 15:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:58 – 05:34 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. 05:00 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 21:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:05 – 06:35 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 02:08 – 06:35 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:08 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:35 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:36 | Good |
| Rog | 09:36 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:06 – 12:37 | Bad |
| Char | 12:37 – 14:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:07 – 15:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:37 – 17:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:07 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:38 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:07 – 21:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:37 – 23:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:07 – 00:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:36 – 02:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:06 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:36 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:05 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:40 Cancer
- 06:40 – 08:32 Leo
- 08:32 – 10:21 Virgo
- 10:21 – 12:18 Libra
- 12:18 – 14:24 Scorpio
- 14:24 – 16:34 Sagittarius
- 16:34 – 18:36 Capricorn
- 18:36 – 20:29 Aquarius
- 20:29 – 22:21 Pisces
- 22:21 – 00:19 next day Aries
- 00:19 – 02:27 next day Taurus
- 02:27 – 04:36 next day Gemini
- 04:36 – 06:35 next day Cancer
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