Nairobi panchang, 13 September 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 07:57 Bhadrapada month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 18:30- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 12:28 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam 15:29 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta 16:54 – 17:42
- Rahu Kalam 17:00 – 18:30
- 10:37 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:13 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:33 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:30 to 06:26 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:56 Moon enters Libra
- 04:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 04:37 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 10:37 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 11:13
- Karana Taitila until 16:33, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:37 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:13 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:56 Moon enters Libra
- 04:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:28 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:54 – 17:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:00 – 18:30
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. 04:51 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:53
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:26 – 10:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:26 – 10:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:37 – 19:17
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:26 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:57 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 10:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:58 – 12:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:28 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:59 – 15:29 | Good |
| Rog | 15:29 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:00 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:30 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:00 – 21:29 | Good |
| Char | 21:29 – 22:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:59 – 00:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:28 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:57 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:27 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:56 – 06:26 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
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:28 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSaturn
- 01:28 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 04:51 Cancer
- 04:51 – 06:43 Leo
- 06:43 – 08:32 Virgo
- 08:32 – 10:29 Libra
- 10:29 – 12:35 Scorpio
- 12:35 – 14:45 Sagittarius
- 14:45 – 16:47 Capricorn
- 16:47 – 18:40 Aquarius
- 18:40 – 20:32 Pisces
- 20:32 – 22:30 Aries
- 22:30 – 00:38 next day Taurus
- 00:38 – 02:47 next day Gemini
- 02:47 – 04:47 next day Cancer
- 04:47 – 06:26 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