Nairobi panchang, 15 April 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 04:32 Chaitra month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam 11:02 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:32 – 14:03
- 07:07 Moon enters Pisces
- 08:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:55 Yoga becomes Indra
- 12:52 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:34 to 06:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 20:01
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 12:52 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 10:55
- Karana Gara until 08:57, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:07 Moon enters Pisces
- 08:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:55 Yoga becomes Indra
- 12:52 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 14:03
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:01 – 06:56 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. 04:55 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:57
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:31 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:32 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:02 – 12:32 | Good |
| Rog | 12:32 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:03 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Char | 15:33 – 17:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:03 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:03 – 21:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:33 – 23:03 | Good |
| Char | 23:03 – 00:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:32 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:02 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:01 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:30 Pisces
- 06:30 – 08:28 Aries
- 08:28 – 10:35 Taurus
- 10:35 – 12:44 Gemini
- 12:44 – 14:45 Cancer
- 14:45 – 16:36 Leo
- 16:36 – 18:26 Virgo
- 18:26 – 20:22 Libra
- 20:22 – 22:29 Scorpio
- 22:29 – 00:39 next day Sagittarius
- 00:39 – 02:41 next day Capricorn
- 02:41 – 04:34 next day Aquarius
- 04:34 – 06:26 next day Pisces
- 06:26 – 06:31 next day Aries
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