Nairobi panchang, 9 January 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 23:51 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta 09:00 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam 11:08 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 13:04 – 13:52
- Yamaganda 15:42 – 17:13
- 11:10 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 14:25 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 17:09 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:44 to 06:35 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:44 – 21:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 05:54 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 11:10 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 14:25
- Karana Vishti until 17:09, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:10 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 14:25 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 17:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:00 – 09:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:04 – 13:52
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:25 – 16:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:42 – 17:13
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. 05:00 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:04
- 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 06:34 – 11:10
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:34 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:37 – 11:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:08 – 12:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:39 – 14:11 | Good |
| Rog | 14:11 – 15:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:42 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Char | 17:13 – 18:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:44 – 20:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:13 – 21:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:42 – 23:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:11 – 00:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:40 – 02:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:08 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:37 – 05:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:06 – 06:35 next day | Bad |
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 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:34 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 07:00 Sagittarius
- 07:00 – 09:02 Capricorn
- 09:02 – 10:55 Aquarius
- 10:55 – 12:47 Pisces
- 12:47 – 14:45 Aries
- 14:45 – 16:53 Taurus
- 16:53 – 19:02 Gemini
- 19:02 – 21:02 Cancer
- 21:02 – 22:54 Leo
- 22:54 – 00:43 next day Virgo
- 00:43 – 02:40 next day Libra
- 02:40 – 04:46 next day Scorpio
- 04:46 – 06:35 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