Nairobi panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 07:05 Vaishakha 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:30 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam 09:31 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:02 – 15:32
- 07:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 11:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:41 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:33 to 06:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 11:41
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 07:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 21:26
- Karana Bava until 11:41, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 11:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:31 – 11:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:02 – 15:32
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 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:56
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:30 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:31 | Good |
| Rog | 09:31 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:01 – 12:32 | Bad |
| Char | 12:32 – 14:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:02 – 15:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:32 – 17:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:03 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:33 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:03 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:32 – 23:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:02 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:31 – 02:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:01 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:31 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:00 – 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
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:18 Pisces
- 06:18 – 08:16 Aries
- 08:16 – 10:24 Taurus
- 10:24 – 12:33 Gemini
- 12:33 – 14:33 Cancer
- 14:33 – 16:25 Leo
- 16:25 – 18:14 Virgo
- 18:14 – 20:11 Libra
- 20:11 – 22:17 Scorpio
- 22:17 – 00:27 next day Sagittarius
- 00:27 – 02:29 next day Capricorn
- 02:29 – 04:22 next day Aquarius
- 04:22 – 06:14 next day Pisces
- 06:14 – 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