Nairobi panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 07:54 Jyeshtha (adhika) 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 18:29- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:58 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 10:58 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:53 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 13:59 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:05
- 09:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:23 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:29 to 06:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 19:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 01:33 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 15:23
- Nakshatra Rohini until 09:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 19:17
- Karana Kaulava until 15:23, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 19:34 Moon enters Gemini
- 01:33 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:53 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:05
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 18:29 – 20:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 09:02
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 09:02 – 06:11 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:02 – 06:11 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:11 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:28 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:58 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:28 – 10:58 | Good |
| Rog | 10:58 – 12:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:29 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Char | 13:59 – 15:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:29 – 16:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:59 – 18:29 | Good |
| Char | 18:29 – 19:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:59 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:29 – 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
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:28 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 – 06:18 Aries
- 06:18 – 08:26 Taurus
- 08:26 – 10:35 Gemini
- 10:35 – 12:35 Cancer
- 12:35 – 14:27 Leo
- 14:27 – 16:16 Virgo
- 16:16 – 18:13 Libra
- 18:13 – 20:19 Scorpio
- 20:19 – 22:29 Sagittarius
- 22:29 – 00:31 next day Capricorn
- 00:31 – 02:24 next day Aquarius
- 02:24 – 04:16 next day Pisces
- 04:16 – 06:14 next day Aries
- 06:14 – 06:28 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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