Nairobi panchang, 22 April 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 11:16 Vaishakha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 18:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:00 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:31 – 14:01
- 06:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:31 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:32 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 20:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:37 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 20:20
- Nakshatra Ardra until 19:43 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 06:38
- Karana Kaulava until 09:31, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:43 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 20:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:37 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 14:01
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 06:29 – 19:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:20 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:29 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:00 – 12:31 | Good |
| Rog | 12:31 – 14:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:01 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Char | 15:31 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:32 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:31 – 23:01 | Good |
| Char | 23:01 – 00:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:31 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:00 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:02 Pisces
- 06:02 – 08:00 Aries
- 08:00 – 10:08 Taurus
- 10:08 – 12:17 Gemini
- 12:17 – 14:17 Cancer
- 14:17 – 16:09 Leo
- 16:09 – 17:58 Virgo
- 17:58 – 19:55 Libra
- 19:55 – 22:01 Scorpio
- 22:01 – 00:11 next day Sagittarius
- 00:11 – 02:13 next day Capricorn
- 02:13 – 04:06 next day Aquarius
- 04:06 – 05:58 next day Pisces
- 05:58 – 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