Nairobi panchang, 23 March 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 10:17 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 18:41- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:07 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 11:08 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:03
- Durmuhurta 13:03 – 13:51
- Gulika Kalam 14:09 – 15:40
- Durmuhurta 15:28 – 16:16
- 09:52 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:19 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:41 to 06:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:41 – 21:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 16:08
- Nakshatra Krittika until 18:19 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 09:52
- Karana Balava until 16:08, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:52 Yoga becomes Priti
- 16:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:19 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:03 – 13:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:09 – 15:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:28 – 16:16
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. 05:01 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 21:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:19 – 06:36 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:19 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:37 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:07 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:38 – 11:08 | Good |
| Rog | 11:08 – 12:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:39 – 14:09 | Bad |
| Char | 14:09 – 15:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:40 – 17:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:11 – 18:41 | Good |
| Char | 18:41 – 20:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:10 – 21:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:40 – 23:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:09 – 00:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:39 – 02:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:08 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:37 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:07 – 06:36 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
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:08 Aquarius
- 06:08 – 08:00 Pisces
- 08:00 – 09:58 Aries
- 09:58 – 12:06 Taurus
- 12:06 – 14:15 Gemini
- 14:15 – 16:15 Cancer
- 16:15 – 18:07 Leo
- 18:07 – 19:56 Virgo
- 19:56 – 21:53 Libra
- 21:53 – 23:59 Scorpio
- 23:59 – 02:09 next day Sagittarius
- 02:09 – 04:11 next day Capricorn
- 04:11 – 06:04 next day Aquarius
- 06:04 – 06:36 next day Pisces
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