Nairobi panchang, 8 April 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 23:42 Chaitra month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 18:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam 11:04 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:58 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:34 – 14:05
- 14:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:36 to 06:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 16:32
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:18 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 14:40
- Karana Vanija until 16:32, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:40 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:34 – 14:05
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:40 – 03:04 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. 04:57 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:10 – 12:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 20:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:32 – 06:18 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:32 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:32 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:33 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:04 – 12:34 | Good |
| Rog | 12:34 – 14:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:05 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Char | 15:35 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:36 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:05 – 21:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:35 – 23:04 | Good |
| Char | 23:04 – 00:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:34 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:03 – 06:32 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
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:05 Aquarius
- 05:05 – 06:57 Pisces
- 06:57 – 08:55 Aries
- 08:55 – 11:03 Taurus
- 11:03 – 13:12 Gemini
- 13:12 – 15:13 Cancer
- 15:13 – 17:04 Leo
- 17:04 – 18:53 Virgo
- 18:53 – 20:50 Libra
- 20:50 – 22:57 Scorpio
- 22:57 – 01:06 next day Sagittarius
- 01:06 – 03:08 next day Capricorn
- 03:08 – 05:01 next day Aquarius
- 05:01 – 06:32 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