Nairobi panchang, 18 December 2025
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 04:50 Margashirsha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 18:34- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:24 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam 09:26 – 10:58
- Durmuhurta 10:27 – 11:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam 14:00 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:19 – 16:08
- 12:35 Yoga becomes Shula
- 13:17 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:37 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:34 to 06:24 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 02:29 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 17:37 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 12:35
- Karana Vishti until 13:17, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:35 Yoga becomes Shula
- 13:17 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:37 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:24 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:27 – 11:16
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:35 – 14:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:19 – 16:08
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 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 17:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:29 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:24 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:55 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:26 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Char | 10:58 – 12:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:29 – 14:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:00 – 15:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:31 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:03 – 18:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:34 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:03 – 21:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:32 – 23:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:00 – 00:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:29 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:58 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:27 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:56 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:17 Scorpio
- 06:17 – 08:26 Sagittarius
- 08:26 – 10:28 Capricorn
- 10:28 – 12:22 Aquarius
- 12:22 – 14:14 Pisces
- 14:14 – 16:12 Aries
- 16:12 – 18:19 Taurus
- 18:19 – 20:28 Gemini
- 20:28 – 22:29 Cancer
- 22:29 – 00:20 next day Leo
- 00:20 – 02:10 next day Virgo
- 02:10 – 04:06 next day Libra
- 04:06 – 06:13 next day Scorpio
- 06:13 – 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