Nairobi panchang, 16 July 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 08:26 Ashadha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:39- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:38 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam 09:38 – 11:08
- Durmuhurta 10:38 – 11:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam 14:09 – 15:39
- Durmuhurta 15:27 – 16:15
- 17:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 17:22 Moon enters Leo
Night
18:39 to 06:38 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:39 – 21:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:52 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 03:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:58 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 03:58 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 17:22 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 22:52
- Karana Taitila until 17:06, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 17:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 17:22 Moon enters Leo
- 22:52 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 03:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:58 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 11:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:38 – 11:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:09 – 15:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:27 – 16:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:52 – 20:16 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. 05:02 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:14 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 21:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:22 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:38 – 08:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:08 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:38 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Char | 11:08 – 12:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:38 – 14:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:09 – 15:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:39 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:09 – 18:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:39 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:09 – 21:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:39 – 23:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:09 – 00:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:38 – 02:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:08 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:38 – 05:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:08 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:38 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
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:43 Gemini
- 06:43 – 08:43 Cancer
- 08:43 – 10:35 Leo
- 10:35 – 12:24 Virgo
- 12:24 – 14:21 Libra
- 14:21 – 16:27 Scorpio
- 16:27 – 18:37 Sagittarius
- 18:37 – 20:39 Capricorn
- 20:39 – 22:32 Aquarius
- 22:32 – 00:24 next day Pisces
- 00:24 – 02:22 next day Aries
- 02:22 – 04:30 next day Taurus
- 04:30 – 06:38 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