Nairobi panchang, 8 May 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:30 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 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam 10:58 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:53 – 13:41
- Yamaganda 15:29 – 16:59
- 09:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 09:52 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:30 to 06:28 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:50 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:00 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 09:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 18:50 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 00:00 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:52, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 09:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:50 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 22:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:00 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:53 – 13:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 16:59
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 – 20:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:28 – 18:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:28 – 09:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:50 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:28 – 07:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:58 – 09:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:28 – 10:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:58 – 12:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:29 – 13:59 | Good |
| Rog | 13:59 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:29 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Char | 16:59 – 18:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:30 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:59 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:29 – 22:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:59 – 00:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:29 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:58 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:28 – 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
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 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)
- 04:52 – 04:59 Pisces
- 04:59 – 06:57 Aries
- 06:57 – 09:05 Taurus
- 09:05 – 11:14 Gemini
- 11:14 – 13:15 Cancer
- 13:15 – 15:06 Leo
- 15:06 – 16:55 Virgo
- 16:55 – 18:52 Libra
- 18:52 – 20:59 Scorpio
- 20:59 – 23:08 Sagittarius
- 23:08 – 01:10 next day Capricorn
- 01:10 – 03:04 next day Aquarius
- 03:04 – 04:55 next day Pisces
- 04:55 – 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