Nairobi panchang, 8 March 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 22:30 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:07
- Yamaganda 12:43 – 14:14
- Gulika Kalam 15:44 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta 17:09 – 17:57
- Rahu Kalam 17:15 – 18:46
- 11:01 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 18:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 18:41 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:46 to 06:40 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:46 – 21:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:05 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 18:41
- Nakshatra Swati until 11:01 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 05:05 next day
- Karana Taitila until 18:41, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:01 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 18:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 18:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:05 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:43 – 14:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:44 – 17:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:09 – 17:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:15 – 18:46
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:01 – 06:40 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. 05:05 – 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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:40 – 08:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:11 – 09:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:42 – 11:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:12 – 12:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:43 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:14 – 15:44 | Good |
| Rog | 15:44 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:15 – 21:44 | Good |
| Char | 21:44 – 23:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:14 – 00:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:43 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:12 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:41 – 05:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:41 NowVenus
- 08:41 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:44 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:41 NowSun
- 04:41 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 05:14 Capricorn
- 05:14 – 07:07 Aquarius
- 07:07 – 08:59 Pisces
- 08:59 – 10:57 Aries
- 10:57 – 13:05 Taurus
- 13:05 – 15:14 Gemini
- 15:14 – 17:14 Cancer
- 17:14 – 19:06 Leo
- 19:06 – 20:55 Virgo
- 20:55 – 22:52 Libra
- 22:52 – 00:58 next day Scorpio
- 00:58 – 03:08 next day Sagittarius
- 03:08 – 05:10 next day Capricorn
- 05:10 – 06:40 next day Aquarius
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