Nairobi panchang, 16 September 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 10:16 Bhadrapada month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 18:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:51 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:27 – 13:58
- 06:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:19 Moon enters Scorpio
- 09:52 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 14:52 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:29 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 06:29
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 14:52 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 09:52
- Karana Balava until 06:29, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:19 Moon enters Scorpio
- 09:52 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 14:52 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 19:20 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:50 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:52 – 11:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:27 – 13:58
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. 04:50 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:52
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 14:52 – 06:25 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:52 – 06:25 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:52 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:25 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:27 | Good |
| Rog | 12:27 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:58 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:59 – 18:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:29 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:59 – 21:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:28 – 22:58 | Good |
| Char | 22:58 – 00:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:27 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:56 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:25 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
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:31 Leo
- 06:31 – 08:20 Virgo
- 08:20 – 10:17 Libra
- 10:17 – 12:24 Scorpio
- 12:24 – 14:33 Sagittarius
- 14:33 – 16:35 Capricorn
- 16:35 – 18:28 Aquarius
- 18:28 – 20:20 Pisces
- 20:20 – 22:18 Aries
- 22:18 – 00:26 next day Taurus
- 00:26 – 02:35 next day Gemini
- 02:35 – 04:36 next day Cancer
- 04:36 – 06:25 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