Nairobi panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 04:02 Margashirsha 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 18:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:53 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:28 – 14:00
- 07:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 10:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:46 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:41 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:33 to 06:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 00:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 00:03 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 14:41 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:46
- Karana Gara until 10:46, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 10:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:46 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:41 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 00:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:28 – 14:00
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. 04:49 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:55
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 14:41 – 06:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:41 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:23 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:28 | Good |
| Rog | 12:28 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:00 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Char | 15:31 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:33 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:31 – 23:00 | Good |
| Char | 23:00 – 00:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:29 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:21 Scorpio
- 06:21 – 08:30 Sagittarius
- 08:30 – 10:32 Capricorn
- 10:32 – 12:26 Aquarius
- 12:26 – 14:17 Pisces
- 14:17 – 16:16 Aries
- 16:16 – 18:23 Taurus
- 18:23 – 20:32 Gemini
- 20:32 – 22:33 Cancer
- 22:33 – 00:24 next day Leo
- 00:24 – 02:14 next day Virgo
- 02:14 – 04:10 next day Libra
- 04:10 – 06:17 next day Scorpio
- 06:17 – 06:24 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