Nairobi panchang, 3 May 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 19:53 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 12:29 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam 15:30 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta 16:54 – 17:42
- Rahu Kalam 17:00 – 18:30
- 11:24 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:30 to 06:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:32 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 00:32 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 07:28 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 19:58
- Karana Taitila until 11:24, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:32 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:29 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:54 – 17:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:00 – 18:30
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:58 – 08:23 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:28 – 06:28 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. 04:52 – 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
| Udveg | 06:28 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:58 – 09:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:29 – 10:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:59 – 12:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:29 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:59 – 15:30 | Good |
| Rog | 15:30 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:00 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:30 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:00 – 21:30 | Good |
| Char | 21:30 – 22:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:59 – 00:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:29 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:59 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:29 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:19 Pisces
- 05:19 – 07:17 Aries
- 07:17 – 09:25 Taurus
- 09:25 – 11:34 Gemini
- 11:34 – 13:34 Cancer
- 13:34 – 15:26 Leo
- 15:26 – 17:15 Virgo
- 17:15 – 19:12 Libra
- 19:12 – 21:18 Scorpio
- 21:18 – 23:28 Sagittarius
- 23:28 – 01:30 next day Capricorn
- 01:30 – 03:23 next day Aquarius
- 03:23 – 05:15 next day Pisces
- 05:15 – 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