Nairobi panchang, 4 January 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 19:59 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 12:37 – 14:08
- Gulika Kalam 15:40 – 17:11
- Durmuhurta 17:05 – 17:53
- Rahu Kalam 17:11 – 18:42
- 07:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 10:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 10:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:41 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:42 to 06:33 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:42 – 21:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:17 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 10:00
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 12:41 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 23:17
- Karana Kaulava until 10:00, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 10:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 10:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:41 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 20:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:17 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:37 – 14:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:40 – 17:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:05 – 17:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:11 – 18:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:17 – 00:29 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 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 21:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:41 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:32 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:03 – 09:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:35 – 11:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:06 – 12:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:37 – 14:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:08 – 15:40 | Good |
| Rog | 15:40 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:11 – 18:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:42 – 20:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:11 – 21:40 | Good |
| Char | 21:40 – 23:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:09 – 00:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:37 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:06 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:35 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:04 – 06:33 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 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:39 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:38 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:32 NowJupiter
- 12:32 NowMars
- 13:32 NowSun
- 14:32 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:10 Scorpio
- 05:10 – 07:20 Sagittarius
- 07:20 – 09:22 Capricorn
- 09:22 – 11:15 Aquarius
- 11:15 – 13:07 Pisces
- 13:07 – 15:05 Aries
- 15:05 – 17:12 Taurus
- 17:12 – 19:22 Gemini
- 19:22 – 21:22 Cancer
- 21:22 – 23:13 Leo
- 23:13 – 01:03 next day Virgo
- 01:03 – 02:59 next day Libra
- 02:59 – 05:06 next day Scorpio
- 05:06 – 06:33 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