Nairobi panchang, 8 January 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 23:10 Pausha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 18:44- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:34 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam 09:36 – 11:08
- Durmuhurta 10:37 – 11:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:03
- Rahu Kalam 14:10 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta 15:29 – 16:18
- 09:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 14:55 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 16:09 Moon enters Virgo
- 16:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:44 to 06:34 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:44 – 21:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:35 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 04:35 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 09:54 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 14:55
- Karana Gara until 16:13, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 14:55 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 16:09 Moon enters Virgo
- 16:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:35 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 11:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:37 – 11:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:10 – 15:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:29 – 16:18
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:54 – 06:34 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. 04:59 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:44 – 21:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:54 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:34 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:05 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:36 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Char | 11:08 – 12:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:39 – 14:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:10 – 15:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:41 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:13 – 18:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:44 – 20:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:13 – 21:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:41 – 23:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:10 – 00:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:39 – 02:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:08 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:37 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:06 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:41 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 07:04 Sagittarius
- 07:04 – 09:06 Capricorn
- 09:06 – 10:59 Aquarius
- 10:59 – 12:51 Pisces
- 12:51 – 14:49 Aries
- 14:49 – 16:57 Taurus
- 16:57 – 19:06 Gemini
- 19:06 – 21:06 Cancer
- 21:06 – 22:58 Leo
- 22:58 – 00:47 next day Virgo
- 00:47 – 02:44 next day Libra
- 02:44 – 04:50 next day Scorpio
- 04:50 – 06:34 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