Nairobi panchang, 7 March 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 21:44 Phalguna 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 18:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 07:29 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam 09:42 – 11:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:07
- Yamaganda 14:14 – 15:45
- 08:45 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 16:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:46 to 06:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:46 – 21:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:34 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 16:47
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:45 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 04:34 next day
- Karana Balava until 16:47, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:45 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 16:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:34 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:29 – 08:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:42 – 11:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:14 – 15:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:34 – 08:10 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:40 – 08:45
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 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:19 – 13:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:46 – 21:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:40 – 16:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:45 – 06:40 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:45 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:40 – 08:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:11 – 09:42 | Good |
| Rog | 09:42 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:13 – 12:43 | Bad |
| Char | 12:43 – 14:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:14 – 15:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:45 – 17:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:15 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:46 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:45 – 23:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:14 – 00:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:43 – 02:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:12 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:42 – 05:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:11 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 05:18 Capricorn
- 05:18 – 07:11 Aquarius
- 07:11 – 09:03 Pisces
- 09:03 – 11:01 Aries
- 11:01 – 13:09 Taurus
- 13:09 – 15:18 Gemini
- 15:18 – 17:18 Cancer
- 17:18 – 19:10 Leo
- 19:10 – 20:59 Virgo
- 20:59 – 22:56 Libra
- 22:56 – 01:02 next day Scorpio
- 01:02 – 03:12 next day Sagittarius
- 03:12 – 05:14 next day Capricorn
- 05:14 – 06:40 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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