Nairobi panchang, 21 May 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 11:04 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:28 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam 09:28 – 10:59
- Durmuhurta 10:29 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam 13:59 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:05
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:51 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:30 to 06:28 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:55 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:49 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 03:55 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:19 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 08:28
- Karana Kaulava until 16:51, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 16:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:55 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:49 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:29 – 11:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:05
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:11 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 19:13 – 21:10
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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:28 – 00:19 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 00:19 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:28 – 00:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:28 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:58 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:28 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Char | 10:59 – 12:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:29 – 13:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:59 – 15:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:29 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:59 – 18:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:30 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:59 – 21:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:29 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:59 – 00:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:29 – 01:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:59 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:29 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:58 – 06:28 next day | Good |
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 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:06 Aries
- 06:06 – 08:14 Taurus
- 08:14 – 10:23 Gemini
- 10:23 – 12:23 Cancer
- 12:23 – 14:15 Leo
- 14:15 – 16:04 Virgo
- 16:04 – 18:01 Libra
- 18:01 – 20:07 Scorpio
- 20:07 – 22:17 Sagittarius
- 22:17 – 00:19 next day Capricorn
- 00:19 – 02:12 next day Aquarius
- 02:12 – 04:04 next day Pisces
- 04:04 – 06:02 next day Aries
- 06:02 – 06:28 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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