Nairobi panchang, 23 January 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 10:08 Magha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:48- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:11 – 09:42
- Durmuhurta 09:05 – 09:54
- Rahu Kalam 11:13 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta 13:08 – 13:57
- Yamaganda 15:46 – 17:17
- 11:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 13:29 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:48 to 06:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:48 – 21:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:16
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 12:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 13:29
- Karana Bava until 11:40, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 13:29 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:05 – 09:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:08 – 13:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:46 – 17:17
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. 05:05 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:20 – 13:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 21:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:03 – 06:40 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:16 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 08:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:11 – 09:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:42 – 11:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:13 – 12:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:44 – 14:15 | Good |
| Rog | 14:15 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:46 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Char | 17:17 – 18:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:48 – 20:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:17 – 21:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:46 – 23:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:15 – 00:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:44 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:13 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:42 – 05:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:11 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
- 05:41 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:05 Sagittarius
- 06:05 – 08:07 Capricorn
- 08:07 – 10:00 Aquarius
- 10:00 – 11:52 Pisces
- 11:52 – 13:50 Aries
- 13:50 – 15:58 Taurus
- 15:58 – 18:07 Gemini
- 18:07 – 20:07 Cancer
- 20:07 – 21:59 Leo
- 21:59 – 23:48 Virgo
- 23:48 – 01:45 next day Libra
- 01:45 – 03:51 next day Scorpio
- 03:51 – 06:01 next day Sagittarius
- 06:01 – 06:40 next day Capricorn
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