Nairobi panchang, 23 April 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 12:17 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:29 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam 09:30 – 11:00
- Durmuhurta 10:30 – 11:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:55
- Rahu Kalam 14:01 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:19 – 16:07
- 07:15 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 18:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:27 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:32 to 06:29 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:02 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 05:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 18:19
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 18:27 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 01:02 next day
- Karana Gara until 07:15, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:15 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 18:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:27 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 01:02 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 05:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 11:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:30 – 11:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:01 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:19 – 16:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:19 – 05:31 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:02 – 03:02 next day
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 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:29 – 18:27
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 18:27
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 18:27 – 06:29 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:27 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:29 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:00 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:30 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Char | 11:00 – 12:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:31 – 14:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:01 – 15:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:31 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:02 – 18:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:32 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:02 – 21:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:31 – 23:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:01 – 00:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:30 – 02:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:00 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:30 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:59 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:58 Pisces
- 05:58 – 07:56 Aries
- 07:56 – 10:04 Taurus
- 10:04 – 12:13 Gemini
- 12:13 – 14:14 Cancer
- 14:14 – 16:05 Leo
- 16:05 – 17:54 Virgo
- 17:54 – 19:51 Libra
- 19:51 – 21:58 Scorpio
- 21:58 – 00:07 next day Sagittarius
- 00:07 – 02:09 next day Capricorn
- 02:09 – 04:03 next day Aquarius
- 04:03 – 05:54 next day Pisces
- 05:54 – 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