Nairobi panchang, 5 January 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 20:54 Pausha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 18:42- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:04 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 11:06 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:02
- Durmuhurta 13:02 – 13:51
- Gulika Kalam 14:09 – 15:40
- Durmuhurta 15:28 – 16:17
- 07:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 07:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:55 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 18:24 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:42 to 06:33 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:42 – 21:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:17 Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:32 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 05:32 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 07:27
- Nakshatra Pushya until 10:55 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 20:17
- Karana Gara until 07:27, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 07:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:55 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 18:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:17 Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:32 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 05:32 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:02 – 13:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:09 – 15:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:28 – 16:17
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:24 – 05:32 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. 04:58 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 21:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 10:55
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:33 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:04 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:35 – 11:06 | Good |
| Rog | 11:06 – 12:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:38 – 14:09 | Bad |
| Char | 14:09 – 15:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:40 – 17:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:11 – 18:42 | Good |
| Char | 18:42 – 20:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:11 – 21:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:40 – 23:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:09 – 00:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:38 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:07 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:35 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:04 – 06:33 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:06 Scorpio
- 05:06 – 07:16 Sagittarius
- 07:16 – 09:18 Capricorn
- 09:18 – 11:11 Aquarius
- 11:11 – 13:03 Pisces
- 13:03 – 15:01 Aries
- 15:01 – 17:09 Taurus
- 17:09 – 19:18 Gemini
- 19:18 – 21:18 Cancer
- 21:18 – 23:09 Leo
- 23:09 – 00:59 next day Virgo
- 00:59 – 02:56 next day Libra
- 02:56 – 05:02 next day Scorpio
- 05:02 – 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