Nairobi panchang, 18 September 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 11:57 Bhadrapada month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 18:29- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:55 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta 08:49 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:56 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:39
- Yamaganda 15:28 – 16:58
- 10:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:29 to 06:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 20:14 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 23:43 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 10:31
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 20:14 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 11:04
- Karana Vanija until 10:31, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 20:14 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 23:43 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:49 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 16:58
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:24 – 20:14
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. 04:49 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:24 – 07:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:55 – 09:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:25 – 10:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:56 – 12:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:26 – 13:57 | Good |
| Rog | 13:57 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:28 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Char | 16:58 – 18:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:29 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:58 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:27 – 22:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:57 – 00:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:26 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:56 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:25 – 04:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:54 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:23 Leo
- 06:23 – 08:13 Virgo
- 08:13 – 10:09 Libra
- 10:09 – 12:16 Scorpio
- 12:16 – 14:25 Sagittarius
- 14:25 – 16:27 Capricorn
- 16:27 – 18:21 Aquarius
- 18:21 – 20:12 Pisces
- 20:12 – 22:11 Aries
- 22:11 – 00:18 next day Taurus
- 00:18 – 02:27 next day Gemini
- 02:27 – 04:28 next day Cancer
- 04:28 – 06:19 next day Leo
- 06:19 – 06:24 next day Virgo
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