Nairobi panchang, 2 April 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 18:55 Chaitra month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 18:38- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:34 – 08:04
- Gulika Kalam 09:35 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta 10:35 – 11:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 13:00
- Rahu Kalam 14:06 – 15:37
- Durmuhurta 15:25 – 16:13
- 11:49 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:08 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:38 to 06:34 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:38 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:58 next day Moon enters Libra
- 06:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 06:12 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 15:08 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 11:49
- Karana Balava until 17:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:49 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 15:08 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:58 next day Moon enters Libra
- 06:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 11:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:35 – 11:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:49 – 15:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:06 – 15:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:25 – 16:13
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. 04:58 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 13:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 21:01
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:34 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:04 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:35 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Char | 11:05 – 12:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:36 – 14:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:06 – 15:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:37 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:07 – 18:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:38 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:07 – 21:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:37 – 23:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:06 – 00:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:36 – 02:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:05 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:35 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:04 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:29 Aquarius
- 05:29 – 07:21 Pisces
- 07:21 – 09:19 Aries
- 09:19 – 11:26 Taurus
- 11:26 – 13:36 Gemini
- 13:36 – 15:36 Cancer
- 15:36 – 17:27 Leo
- 17:27 – 19:17 Virgo
- 19:17 – 21:13 Libra
- 21:13 – 23:20 Scorpio
- 23:20 – 01:30 next day Sagittarius
- 01:30 – 03:32 next day Capricorn
- 03:32 – 05:25 next day Aquarius
- 05:25 – 06:34 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