Nairobi panchang, 27 May 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 15:34 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
06:29 to 18:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:59 – 09:29
- 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 – 14:00
- 16:30 Moon enters Libra
- 16:37 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:30 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:55 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 05:27 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 05:38 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:55 next day
- Karana Bava until 16:37, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 16:30 Moon enters Libra
- 16:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:55 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:27 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 05:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:40 – 00:55 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:29 – 14:00
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. 04:53 – 05:41
- 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 – 20:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:29 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:29 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:59 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:29 | Good |
| Rog | 12:29 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:00 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Char | 15:30 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:30 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:30 – 23:00 | Good |
| Char | 23:00 – 00:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:29 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:59 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 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
- 18:29 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
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:43 Aries
- 05:43 – 07:50 Taurus
- 07:50 – 09:59 Gemini
- 09:59 – 12:00 Cancer
- 12:00 – 13:51 Leo
- 13:51 – 15:41 Virgo
- 15:41 – 17:37 Libra
- 17:37 – 19:44 Scorpio
- 19:44 – 21:53 Sagittarius
- 21:53 – 23:55 Capricorn
- 23:55 – 01:49 next day Aquarius
- 01:49 – 03:41 next day Pisces
- 03:41 – 05:39 next day Aries
- 05:39 – 06:29 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