Nairobi panchang, 2 September 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 22:55 Shravana month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam 11:02 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:32 – 14:02
- 14:51 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:34 to 06:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 23:13 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:56 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 01:56 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 23:13 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 18:42
- Karana Gara until 14:51, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:42 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 23:13 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:56 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 14:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:42 – 22:18
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:30 – 23:13
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. 04:55 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:13 – 06:30 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:13 – 06:30 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:13 – 06:30 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:56 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:31 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:02 – 12:32 | Good |
| Rog | 12:32 – 14:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:02 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Char | 15:33 – 17:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:03 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:03 – 21:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:33 – 23:02 | Good |
| Char | 23:02 – 00:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:32 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:35 Cancer
- 05:35 – 07:26 Leo
- 07:26 – 09:15 Virgo
- 09:15 – 11:12 Libra
- 11:12 – 13:19 Scorpio
- 13:19 – 15:28 Sagittarius
- 15:28 – 17:30 Capricorn
- 17:30 – 19:24 Aquarius
- 19:24 – 21:15 Pisces
- 21:15 – 23:13 Aries
- 23:13 – 01:21 next day Taurus
- 01:21 – 03:30 next day Gemini
- 03:30 – 05:31 next day Cancer
- 05:31 – 06:30 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