Nairobi panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 10:06 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:05 – 09:36
- Yamaganda 11:06 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 13:00
- Durmuhurta 13:00 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 14:07 – 15:37
- Durmuhurta 15:25 – 16:13
- 13:49 Moon enters Libra
- 14:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:38 to 06:35 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:38 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:59 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:50 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 14:30
- Nakshatra Chitra until 02:28 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 00:59 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:30, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:49 Moon enters Libra
- 14:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 14:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:59 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 02:50 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:00 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:07 – 15:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:25 – 16:13
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:35 – 02:28 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 13:35 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:31 – 14:38
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. 04:59 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 13:00
- 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 02:28 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:35 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:05 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:36 – 11:06 | Good |
| Rog | 11:06 – 12:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:36 – 14:07 | Bad |
| Char | 14:07 – 15:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:37 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:38 | Good |
| Char | 18:38 – 20:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:07 – 21:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:37 – 23:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:07 – 00:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:36 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:06 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:36 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:05 – 06:35 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:37 Cancer
- 06:37 – 08:29 Leo
- 08:29 – 10:18 Virgo
- 10:18 – 12:15 Libra
- 12:15 – 14:21 Scorpio
- 14:21 – 16:31 Sagittarius
- 16:31 – 18:33 Capricorn
- 18:33 – 20:26 Aquarius
- 20:26 – 22:18 Pisces
- 22:18 – 00:16 next day Aries
- 00:16 – 02:24 next day Taurus
- 02:24 – 04:33 next day Gemini
- 04:33 – 06:34 next day Cancer
- 06:34 – 06:35 next day Leo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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