Nairobi panchang, 16 April 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 05:20 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:31 – 08:01
- Gulika Kalam 09:31 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta 10:32 – 11:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam 14:02 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta 15:21 – 16:09
- 06:56 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 08:07 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 11:29 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 17:41 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:41 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:34 to 06:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 04:51 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 17:41
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 11:29 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 08:07
- Karana Vishti until 06:56, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:56 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 08:07 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 11:29 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 17:41 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:41 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Naga
- 04:51 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:01 – 06:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:31 – 08:01
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:07 – 04:51 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:31 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:32 – 11:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:02 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:21 – 16:09
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:51 – 06:03 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 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:29 – 06:30 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:41 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:31 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:01 – 09:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:31 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Char | 11:02 – 12:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:32 – 14:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:02 – 15:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:33 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:03 – 18:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:34 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:03 – 21:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:33 – 23:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:02 – 00:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:32 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:02 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:31 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:01 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:26 Pisces
- 06:26 – 08:24 Aries
- 08:24 – 10:31 Taurus
- 10:31 – 12:41 Gemini
- 12:41 – 14:41 Cancer
- 14:41 – 16:32 Leo
- 16:32 – 18:22 Virgo
- 18:22 – 20:18 Libra
- 20:18 – 22:25 Scorpio
- 22:25 – 00:35 next day Sagittarius
- 00:35 – 02:37 next day Capricorn
- 02:37 – 04:30 next day Aquarius
- 04:30 – 06:22 next day Pisces
- 06:22 – 06:30 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