Nairobi panchang, 21 April 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 10:12 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 18:32- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:42
- Yamaganda 09:30 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 12:31 – 14:01
- Rahu Kalam 15:32 – 17:02
- 10:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 10:30 Moon enters Gemini
- 12:15 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:32 to 06:29 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:28 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 22:50
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 21:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 10:01
- Karana Bava until 12:15, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 10:30 Moon enters Gemini
- 12:15 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:28 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 11:01
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:01 – 12:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 14:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 17:02
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 18:32 – 20:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:28 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:30 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:00 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Char | 09:30 – 11:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:01 – 12:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:31 – 14:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:01 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:32 – 17:02 | Good |
| Rog | 17:02 – 18:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:32 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:02 – 21:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:32 – 23:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:01 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:31 – 02:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:00 – 03:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:30 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:00 – 06:29 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 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:06 Pisces
- 06:06 – 08:04 Aries
- 08:04 – 10:12 Taurus
- 10:12 – 12:21 Gemini
- 12:21 – 14:21 Cancer
- 14:21 – 16:13 Leo
- 16:13 – 18:02 Virgo
- 18:02 – 19:59 Libra
- 19:59 – 22:05 Scorpio
- 22:05 – 00:15 next day Sagittarius
- 00:15 – 02:17 next day Capricorn
- 02:17 – 04:10 next day Aquarius
- 04:10 – 06:02 next day Pisces
- 06:02 – 06:29 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