Nairobi panchang, 3 January 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 18:58 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:32 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta 06:32 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 07:20 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam 09:34 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:08 – 15:39
- 06:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 13:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:42 to 06:32 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:42 – 21:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 13:02
- Nakshatra Ardra until 14:58 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 06:35
- Karana Bava until 13:02, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 13:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 23:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:32 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:20 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 11:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:08 – 15:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:45 – 23:17 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. 04:57 – 05:44
- 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 18:42 – 21:04
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:32 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:03 – 09:34 | Good |
| Rog | 09:34 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:05 – 12:37 | Bad |
| Char | 12:37 – 14:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:08 – 15:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:39 – 17:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:10 – 18:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:42 – 20:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:10 – 21:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:39 – 23:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:08 – 00:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:37 – 02:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:06 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:35 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:03 – 06:32 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
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:14 Scorpio
- 05:14 – 07:23 Sagittarius
- 07:23 – 09:26 Capricorn
- 09:26 – 11:19 Aquarius
- 11:19 – 13:11 Pisces
- 13:11 – 15:09 Aries
- 15:09 – 17:16 Taurus
- 17:16 – 19:25 Gemini
- 19:25 – 21:26 Cancer
- 21:26 – 23:17 Leo
- 23:17 – 01:07 next day Virgo
- 01:07 – 03:03 next day Libra
- 03:03 – 05:10 next day Scorpio
- 05:10 – 06:32 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