Nairobi panchang, 20 January 2026
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 07:50 Magha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 18:48- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:04 – 09:53
- Yamaganda 09:41 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam 12:43 – 14:14
- Rahu Kalam 15:45 – 17:17
- 10:37 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 12:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:31 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:48 to 06:39 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:48 – 21:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 00:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 00:13 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 10:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 17:31
- Karana Balava until 12:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:37 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 12:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:31 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 00:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:04 – 09:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:41 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:43 – 14:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:45 – 17:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:31 – 16:28 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:37 – 06:39 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. 05:04 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:19 – 13:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 21:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:13 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:39 – 08:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:10 – 09:41 | Bad |
| Char | 09:41 – 11:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:12 – 12:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:43 – 14:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:14 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:45 – 17:17 | Good |
| Rog | 17:17 – 18:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:48 – 20:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:17 – 21:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:46 – 23:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:14 – 00:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:43 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:12 – 03:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:41 – 05:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:10 – 06:39 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
- 06:39 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:47 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
- 05:40 NowVenus
- 06:39 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:39 NowMercury
- 10:39 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:39 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:39 NowVenus
- 16:39 NowMercury
- 17:39 NowMoon
- 18:39 NowSaturn
- 19:39 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:39 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:39 NowJupiter
- 03:39 NowMars
- 04:39 NowSun
- 05:39 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:17 Sagittarius
- 06:17 – 08:19 Capricorn
- 08:19 – 10:12 Aquarius
- 10:12 – 12:04 Pisces
- 12:04 – 14:02 Aries
- 14:02 – 16:10 Taurus
- 16:10 – 18:19 Gemini
- 18:19 – 20:19 Cancer
- 20:19 – 22:11 Leo
- 22:11 – 00:00 next day Virgo
- 00:00 – 01:57 next day Libra
- 01:57 – 04:03 next day Scorpio
- 04:03 – 06:13 next day Sagittarius
- 06:13 – 06:39 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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