Nairobi panchang, 15 August 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 08:38 Shravana month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta 07:24 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam 09:36 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:07 – 15:37
- 07:04 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:59 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:38 to 06:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:38 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 02:35 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:51 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:59
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 00:55 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 02:51 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:59, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:04 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 02:35 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:51 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:24 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 11:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:07 – 15:37
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:36 – 00:55 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:55 – 06:35 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. 05:00 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 00:55 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:59 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:36 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:36 | Good |
| Rog | 09:36 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:06 – 12:37 | Bad |
| Char | 12:37 – 14:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:07 – 15:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:37 – 17:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:08 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:38 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:08 – 21:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:37 – 23:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:07 – 00:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:37 – 02:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:06 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:36 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:06 – 06:35 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
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:45 Cancer
- 06:45 – 08:37 Leo
- 08:37 – 10:26 Virgo
- 10:26 – 12:23 Libra
- 12:23 – 14:29 Scorpio
- 14:29 – 16:39 Sagittarius
- 16:39 – 18:41 Capricorn
- 18:41 – 20:34 Aquarius
- 20:34 – 22:26 Pisces
- 22:26 – 00:24 next day Aries
- 00:24 – 02:32 next day Taurus
- 02:32 – 04:41 next day Gemini
- 04:41 – 06:35 next day Cancer
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