Nairobi panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 09:07 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:00 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 11:01 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 14:01 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:20 – 16:08
- 13:41 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:19 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:33 to 06:30 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:45 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:45 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 23:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 13:41
- Karana Vanija until 15:19, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:41 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:45 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:01 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:20 – 16:08
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. 04:54 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 23:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 23:38
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 23:38 – 06:30 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:38 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:30 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:00 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:30 – 11:01 | Good |
| Rog | 11:01 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:31 – 14:01 | Bad |
| Char | 14:01 – 15:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:32 – 17:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:02 – 18:33 | Good |
| Char | 18:33 – 20:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:02 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:32 – 23:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:01 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:31 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:01 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:30 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:00 – 06:30 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:10 Pisces
- 06:10 – 08:08 Aries
- 08:08 – 10:16 Taurus
- 10:16 – 12:25 Gemini
- 12:25 – 14:25 Cancer
- 14:25 – 16:17 Leo
- 16:17 – 18:06 Virgo
- 18:06 – 20:03 Libra
- 20:03 – 22:09 Scorpio
- 22:09 – 00:19 next day Sagittarius
- 00:19 – 02:21 next day Capricorn
- 02:21 – 04:14 next day Aquarius
- 04:14 – 06:06 next day Pisces
- 06:06 – 06:30 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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