Nairobi panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 09:22 Shravana month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:38- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 12:37 – 14:07
- Gulika Kalam 15:37 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta 17:01 – 17:50
- Rahu Kalam 17:07 – 18:38
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:38 to 06:35 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:38 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:38 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:21 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 14:23
- Nakshatra Hasta until 01:20 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 01:38 next day
- Karana Vishti until 14:23, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:38 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 02:21 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:37 – 14:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:37 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:01 – 17:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:07 – 18:38
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 14:23 – 01:20 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) 12:12 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 21:01
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:35 – 14:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 01:20 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:20 – 05:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:35 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:06 – 09:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:36 – 11:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:06 – 12:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:37 – 14:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:07 – 15:37 | Good |
| Rog | 15:37 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:38 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:07 – 21:37 | Good |
| Char | 21:37 – 23:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:07 – 00:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:36 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:06 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:36 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:05 – 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
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:41 Cancer
- 06:41 – 08:33 Leo
- 08:33 – 10:22 Virgo
- 10:22 – 12:19 Libra
- 12:19 – 14:25 Scorpio
- 14:25 – 16:35 Sagittarius
- 16:35 – 18:37 Capricorn
- 18:37 – 20:30 Aquarius
- 20:30 – 22:22 Pisces
- 22:22 – 00:20 next day Aries
- 00:20 – 02:28 next day Taurus
- 02:28 – 04:37 next day Gemini
- 04:37 – 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