Nairobi panchang, 9 July 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 01:17 Jyeshtha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 18:38- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:37 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam 09:37 – 11:07
- Durmuhurta 10:37 – 11:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam 14:08 – 15:38
- Durmuhurta 15:26 – 16:14
- 07:42 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 08:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 08:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:38 to 06:37 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:38 – 21:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:44 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 05:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:46 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 08:08
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 12:26 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 07:42
- Karana Gara until 08:08, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:42 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 08:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 08:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:44 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 05:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:46 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 11:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:37 – 11:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:08 – 15:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:26 – 16:14
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:44 – 06:44 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 07:08 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 06:11 – 06:37 next day
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. 05:01 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 21:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:37 – 12:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:08 – 05:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:37 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:07 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:37 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Char | 11:07 – 12:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:37 – 14:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:08 – 15:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:38 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:08 – 18:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:38 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:08 – 21:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:38 – 23:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:08 – 00:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:38 – 02:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:07 – 03:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:37 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:07 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:37 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:37 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:37 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:37 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:37 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 05:01 Taurus
- 05:01 – 07:10 Gemini
- 07:10 – 09:11 Cancer
- 09:11 – 11:02 Leo
- 11:02 – 12:52 Virgo
- 12:52 – 14:48 Libra
- 14:48 – 16:55 Scorpio
- 16:55 – 19:04 Sagittarius
- 19:04 – 21:06 Capricorn
- 21:06 – 23:00 Aquarius
- 23:00 – 00:51 next day Pisces
- 00:51 – 02:50 next day Aries
- 02:50 – 04:57 next day Taurus
- 04:57 – 06:37 next day Gemini
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