Nairobi panchang, 26 January 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 12:33 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 18:49- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:11 – 09:43
- Yamaganda 11:14 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:09
- Durmuhurta 13:09 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam 14:16 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:23
- 06:41 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 07:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:03 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 18:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:48 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:49 to 06:41 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:49 – 21:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:49 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 18:48
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 10:03 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:41
- Karana Vishti until 07:47, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:41 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 07:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:03 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 18:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 18:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:49 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:09 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:16 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:23
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:08 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:09 – 13:08
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. 05:06 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:20 – 13:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 21:11
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:40 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:11 – 09:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:43 – 11:14 | Good |
| Rog | 11:14 – 12:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:45 – 14:16 | Bad |
| Char | 14:16 – 15:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:47 – 17:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:18 – 18:49 | Good |
| Char | 18:49 – 20:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:18 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:47 – 23:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:16 – 00:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:45 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:14 – 03:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:43 – 05:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:12 – 06:41 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
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 05:53 Sagittarius
- 05:53 – 07:55 Capricorn
- 07:55 – 09:48 Aquarius
- 09:48 – 11:40 Pisces
- 11:40 – 13:38 Aries
- 13:38 – 15:46 Taurus
- 15:46 – 17:55 Gemini
- 17:55 – 19:56 Cancer
- 19:56 – 21:47 Leo
- 21:47 – 23:37 Virgo
- 23:37 – 01:33 next day Libra
- 01:33 – 03:40 next day Scorpio
- 03:40 – 05:49 next day Sagittarius
- 05:49 – 06:41 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