Nairobi panchang, 18 August 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 10:50 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 18:37- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:59 – 09:48
- Yamaganda 09:36 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 12:36 – 14:06
- Rahu Kalam 15:37 – 17:07
- 15:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:21 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:37 to 06:35 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:37 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:53 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 15:21
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:17 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 00:53 next day
- Karana Taitila until 15:21, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:53 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:59 – 09:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 11:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:36 – 14:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:37 – 17:07
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 18:37 – 21:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:35 – 04:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:35 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:05 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Char | 09:36 – 11:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:06 – 12:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:36 – 14:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:06 – 15:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:37 – 17:07 | Good |
| Rog | 17:07 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:37 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:07 – 21:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:37 – 23:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:06 – 00:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:36 – 02:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:06 – 03:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:35 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:05 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:36 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:36 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:37 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
- 05:35 NowVenus
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:35 NowJupiter
- 13:35 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:35 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:35 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
- 05:35 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:34 Cancer
- 06:34 – 08:25 Leo
- 08:25 – 10:14 Virgo
- 10:14 – 12:11 Libra
- 12:11 – 14:18 Scorpio
- 14:18 – 16:27 Sagittarius
- 16:27 – 18:29 Capricorn
- 18:29 – 20:22 Aquarius
- 20:22 – 22:14 Pisces
- 22:14 – 00:12 next day Aries
- 00:12 – 02:20 next day Taurus
- 02:20 – 04:29 next day Gemini
- 04:29 – 06:30 next day Cancer
- 06:30 – 06:35 next day Leo
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