Nairobi panchang, 5 May 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 21:35 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:40
- Yamaganda 09:28 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 12:29 – 13:59
- Rahu Kalam 15:29 – 17:00
- 10:24 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:24 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:08 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:30 to 06:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 05:21 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 05:21 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 10:24 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 21:46
- Karana Bava until 16:08, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:24 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:24 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 05:21 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:21 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:29 – 13:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:00
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
| Rog | 06:28 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:58 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Char | 09:28 – 10:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:59 – 12:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:29 – 13:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:59 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:29 – 17:00 | Good |
| Rog | 17:00 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:30 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:00 – 21:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:29 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:59 – 00:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:29 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:59 – 03:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:28 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:29 NowSaturn
- 12:29 NowJupiter
- 13:29 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:29 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:28 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:11 Pisces
- 05:11 – 07:09 Aries
- 07:09 – 09:17 Taurus
- 09:17 – 11:26 Gemini
- 11:26 – 13:26 Cancer
- 13:26 – 15:18 Leo
- 15:18 – 17:07 Virgo
- 17:07 – 19:04 Libra
- 19:04 – 21:10 Scorpio
- 21:10 – 23:20 Sagittarius
- 23:20 – 01:22 next day Capricorn
- 01:22 – 03:15 next day Aquarius
- 03:15 – 05:07 next day Pisces
- 05:07 – 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