Nairobi panchang, 19 August 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 11:36 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:05 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 11:06 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 13:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 13:00 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:36 – 14:06
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 16:50 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:37 to 06:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:37 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:00 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 01:14 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 05:46 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 16:50
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 06:38 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 01:14 next day
- Karana Vanija until 16:50, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 16:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:00 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 01:14 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 05:46 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 13:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:36 – 14:06
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:35 – 16:50
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:05 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:06 – 12:36 | Good |
| Rog | 12:36 – 14:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:06 – 15:37 | Bad |
| Char | 15:37 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:07 – 18:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:37 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:07 – 21:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:36 – 23:06 | Good |
| Char | 23:06 – 00:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:36 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:05 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:05 – 06:34 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 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:30 Cancer
- 06:30 – 08:21 Leo
- 08:21 – 10:11 Virgo
- 10:11 – 12:07 Libra
- 12:07 – 14:14 Scorpio
- 14:14 – 16:23 Sagittarius
- 16:23 – 18:25 Capricorn
- 18:25 – 20:19 Aquarius
- 20:19 – 22:10 Pisces
- 22:10 – 00:09 next day Aries
- 00:09 – 02:16 next day Taurus
- 02:16 – 04:25 next day Gemini
- 04:25 – 06:26 next day Cancer
- 06:26 – 06:34 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