Nairobi panchang, 1 May 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 18:19 Vaishakha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 18:30- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:58 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:41
- Rahu Kalam 10:59 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:53 – 13:42
- Yamaganda 15:30 – 17:00
- 07:30 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:30 to 06:28 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 20:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 20:23
- Nakshatra Swati until 02:05 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:43
- Karana Vishti until 07:30, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:43 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 20:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:53 – 13:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 17:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:43 – 19:14 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. 04:53 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:23 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:28 – 07:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:58 – 09:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:29 – 10:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:59 – 12:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:29 – 14:00 | Good |
| Rog | 14:00 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:30 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Char | 17:00 – 18:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:30 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:00 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:30 – 23:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:00 – 00:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:29 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:59 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:29 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:27 Pisces
- 05:27 – 07:25 Aries
- 07:25 – 09:32 Taurus
- 09:32 – 11:42 Gemini
- 11:42 – 13:42 Cancer
- 13:42 – 15:33 Leo
- 15:33 – 17:23 Virgo
- 17:23 – 19:19 Libra
- 19:19 – 21:26 Scorpio
- 21:26 – 23:36 Sagittarius
- 23:36 – 01:38 next day Capricorn
- 01:38 – 03:31 next day Aquarius
- 03:31 – 05:23 next day Pisces
- 05:23 – 06:28 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