Nairobi panchang, 4 May 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 20:44 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:58 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 10:59 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:53 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 13:59 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:06
- 07:28 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:42 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:30 to 06:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 02:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 02:54 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 07:28 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 20:49
- Karana Vanija until 13:42, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:28 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:49 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 02:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 02:54 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:53 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:06
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 07:28
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:28 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:58 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:28 – 10:59 | Good |
| Rog | 10:59 – 12:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:29 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Char | 13:59 – 15:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:30 – 17:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:00 – 18:30 | Good |
| Char | 18:30 – 20:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:00 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:30 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:59 – 00:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:29 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:59 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:28 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:58 – 06:28 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:15 Pisces
- 05:15 – 07:13 Aries
- 07:13 – 09:21 Taurus
- 09:21 – 11:30 Gemini
- 11:30 – 13:30 Cancer
- 13:30 – 15:22 Leo
- 15:22 – 17:11 Virgo
- 17:11 – 19:08 Libra
- 19:08 – 21:14 Scorpio
- 21:14 – 23:24 Sagittarius
- 23:24 – 01:26 next day Capricorn
- 01:26 – 03:19 next day Aquarius
- 03:19 – 05:11 next day Pisces
- 05:11 – 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