Nairobi panchang, 17 July 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 09:16 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:08 – 09:38
- Durmuhurta 09:02 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam 11:08 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 13:02
- Durmuhurta 13:02 – 13:51
- Yamaganda 15:39 – 17:09
- 15:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:05 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:39 to 06:38 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:39 – 21:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 02:13 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 16:05 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 20:16
- Karana Vanija until 15:00, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:05 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 20:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:02 – 09:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:02 – 13:51
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:00 – 02:13 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:39 – 17:09
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:38 – 16:05
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 06:38 – 16:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:05 – 06:38 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:05 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:38 – 08:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:08 – 09:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:38 – 11:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:08 – 12:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:38 – 14:09 | Good |
| Rog | 14:09 – 15:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:39 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Char | 17:09 – 18:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:39 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:09 – 21:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:39 – 23:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:09 – 00:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:38 – 02:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:08 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:38 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:08 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:39 Gemini
- 06:39 – 08:39 Cancer
- 08:39 – 10:31 Leo
- 10:31 – 12:20 Virgo
- 12:20 – 14:17 Libra
- 14:17 – 16:23 Scorpio
- 16:23 – 18:33 Sagittarius
- 18:33 – 20:35 Capricorn
- 20:35 – 22:28 Aquarius
- 22:28 – 00:20 next day Pisces
- 00:20 – 02:18 next day Aries
- 02:18 – 04:26 next day Taurus
- 04:26 – 06:35 next day Gemini
- 06:35 – 06:38 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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