Nairobi panchang, 21 September 2025
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 05:57 Bhadrapada month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 18:28- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:49
- Yamaganda 12:25 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam 15:26 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:57 – 18:28
- 07:02 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 10:17 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:22 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:28 to 06:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 22:54 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 22:54
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 07:02 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 17:22
- Karana Chatushpada until 10:17, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:02 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 10:17 Karana becomes Naga
- 13:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:22 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 22:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 22:54 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:28
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:14 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:09 – 23:19
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. 04:48 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:02 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:23 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:54 – 09:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:24 – 10:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:55 – 12:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:25 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:56 – 15:26 | Good |
| Rog | 15:26 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:28 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:57 – 21:26 | Good |
| Char | 21:26 – 22:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:56 – 00:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:25 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:54 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:24 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:53 – 06:23 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
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:10 Leo
- 06:10 – 08:00 Virgo
- 08:00 – 09:56 Libra
- 09:56 – 12:03 Scorpio
- 12:03 – 14:12 Sagittarius
- 14:12 – 16:14 Capricorn
- 16:14 – 18:08 Aquarius
- 18:08 – 19:59 Pisces
- 19:59 – 21:58 Aries
- 21:58 – 00:05 next day Taurus
- 00:05 – 02:14 next day Gemini
- 02:14 – 04:15 next day Cancer
- 04:15 – 06:06 next day Leo
- 06:06 – 06:23 next day Virgo
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