Nairobi panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 06:10 Chaitra month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:33- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:01 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam 11:01 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:44
- Yamaganda 15:33 – 17:03
- 09:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 09:32 Moon enters Aries
- 14:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:33 to 06:30 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:15 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 14:51
- Nakshatra Revati until 09:32 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 01:15 next day
- Karana Naga until 14:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 09:32 Moon enters Aries
- 14:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 01:15 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 01:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:33 – 17:03
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 18:33 – 20:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:30 – 09:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 09:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:32 – 06:30 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:51 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:30 – 08:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:01 – 09:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:31 – 11:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:01 – 12:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:32 – 14:02 | Good |
| Rog | 14:02 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:33 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Char | 17:03 – 18:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:33 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:03 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:32 – 23:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:02 – 00:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:32 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:01 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:31 – 05:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:01 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:22 Pisces
- 06:22 – 08:20 Aries
- 08:20 – 10:28 Taurus
- 10:28 – 12:37 Gemini
- 12:37 – 14:37 Cancer
- 14:37 – 16:28 Leo
- 16:28 – 18:18 Virgo
- 18:18 – 20:15 Libra
- 20:15 – 22:21 Scorpio
- 22:21 – 00:31 next day Sagittarius
- 00:31 – 02:33 next day Capricorn
- 02:33 – 04:26 next day Aquarius
- 04:26 – 06:18 next day Pisces
- 06:18 – 06:30 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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