Nairobi panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 10:05 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 18:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:59 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:53 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:29 – 13:59
- 08:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:40 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:30 to 06:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:09 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 08:37
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:42 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 11:40
- Karana Vishti until 08:37, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 08:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:40 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 19:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:09 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 05:57 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:29
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:40 – 14:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:29 – 13:59
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 01:42 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:28 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:28 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:29 | Good |
| Rog | 12:29 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:59 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Char | 15:29 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:59 – 18:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:30 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:59 – 21:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:29 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:29 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:59 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:28 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:10 Aries
- 06:10 – 08:18 Taurus
- 08:18 – 10:27 Gemini
- 10:27 – 12:27 Cancer
- 12:27 – 14:19 Leo
- 14:19 – 16:08 Virgo
- 16:08 – 18:05 Libra
- 18:05 – 20:11 Scorpio
- 20:11 – 22:21 Sagittarius
- 22:21 – 00:23 next day Capricorn
- 00:23 – 02:16 next day Aquarius
- 02:16 – 04:08 next day Pisces
- 04:08 – 06:06 next day Aries
- 06:06 – 06:28 next day Taurus
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