Nairobi panchang, 2 May 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 19:05 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:28 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 07:16 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam 09:29 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 13:59 – 15:30
- 09:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:30 to 06:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 22:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 22:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 22:20
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 04:40 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 19:14
- Karana Balava until 09:19, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 22:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 22:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:16 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:30
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. 04:52 – 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:28 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:58 – 09:29 | Good |
| Rog | 09:29 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:59 – 12:29 | Bad |
| Char | 12:29 – 13:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:59 – 15:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:30 – 17:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:00 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:30 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:00 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:30 – 22:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:59 – 00:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:29 – 01:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:59 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:29 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:58 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:23 Pisces
- 05:23 – 07:21 Aries
- 07:21 – 09:29 Taurus
- 09:29 – 11:38 Gemini
- 11:38 – 13:38 Cancer
- 13:38 – 15:29 Leo
- 15:29 – 17:19 Virgo
- 17:19 – 19:16 Libra
- 19:16 – 21:22 Scorpio
- 21:22 – 23:32 Sagittarius
- 23:32 – 01:34 next day Capricorn
- 01:34 – 03:27 next day Aquarius
- 03:27 – 05:19 next day Pisces
- 05:19 – 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