Nairobi panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 10:02 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:38 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta 06:38 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta 07:26 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam 09:38 – 11:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:09 – 15:39
- 13:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:39 to 06:38 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:39 – 21:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:29 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:13 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 18:15
- Karana Bava until 13:37, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:29 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:38 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:26 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 11:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:09 – 15:39
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:15 – 05:34 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:30 – 06:38 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 – 13:03
- 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 15:30 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:38 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:08 – 09:38 | Good |
| Rog | 09:38 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:08 – 12:39 | Bad |
| Char | 12:39 – 14:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:09 – 15:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:39 – 17:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:09 – 18:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:39 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:09 – 21:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:39 – 23:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:09 – 00:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:39 – 02:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:08 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:38 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:35 Gemini
- 06:35 – 08:35 Cancer
- 08:35 – 10:27 Leo
- 10:27 – 12:16 Virgo
- 12:16 – 14:13 Libra
- 14:13 – 16:19 Scorpio
- 16:19 – 18:29 Sagittarius
- 18:29 – 20:31 Capricorn
- 20:31 – 22:24 Aquarius
- 22:24 – 00:16 next day Pisces
- 00:16 – 02:14 next day Aries
- 02:14 – 04:22 next day Taurus
- 04:22 – 06:31 next day Gemini
- 06:31 – 06:38 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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