Nairobi panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 07:32 Chaitra month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 18:42- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:08 – 09:39
- Durmuhurta 09:02 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam 11:09 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 13:04 – 13:52
- Yamaganda 15:41 – 17:11
- 13:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:42 to 06:37 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:42 – 21:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:45 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:57 Moon enters Aries
- 00:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 00:01 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 23:57 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 19:45
- Karana Balava until 13:14, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:45 Yoga becomes Indra
- 23:57 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:57 Moon enters Aries
- 00:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:02 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:04 – 13:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:41 – 17:11
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. 05:02 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 21:05
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:37 – 23:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:37 – 23:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:57 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:37 – 08:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:08 – 09:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:39 – 11:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:09 – 12:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:40 – 14:10 | Good |
| Rog | 14:10 – 15:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:41 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Char | 17:11 – 18:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:42 – 20:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:11 – 21:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:41 – 23:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:10 – 00:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:40 – 02:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:09 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:38 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:08 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:37 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:37 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:20 Aquarius
- 06:20 – 08:12 Pisces
- 08:12 – 10:10 Aries
- 10:10 – 12:18 Taurus
- 12:18 – 14:27 Gemini
- 14:27 – 16:27 Cancer
- 16:27 – 18:19 Leo
- 18:19 – 20:08 Virgo
- 20:08 – 22:05 Libra
- 22:05 – 00:11 next day Scorpio
- 00:11 – 02:21 next day Sagittarius
- 02:21 – 04:23 next day Capricorn
- 04:23 – 06:16 next day Aquarius
- 06:16 – 06:37 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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