Nairobi panchang, 20 September 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 13:39 Bhadrapada month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 18:28- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:50
- Yamaganda 12:26 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam 15:27 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:40
- Rahu Kalam 16:57 – 18:28
- 12:52 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:22 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:28 to 06:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 15:22
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 02:04 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 12:52
- Karana Kaulava until 15:22, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:52 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:26 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:28
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. 04:48 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:23 – 06:23 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:04 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:23 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:54 – 09:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:25 – 10:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:55 – 12:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:26 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:56 – 15:27 | Good |
| Rog | 15:27 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:28 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:57 – 21:27 | Good |
| Char | 21:27 – 22:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:56 – 00:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:26 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:55 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:24 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:54 – 06:23 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
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:15 Leo
- 06:15 – 08:05 Virgo
- 08:05 – 10:01 Libra
- 10:01 – 12:08 Scorpio
- 12:08 – 14:17 Sagittarius
- 14:17 – 16:19 Capricorn
- 16:19 – 18:13 Aquarius
- 18:13 – 20:04 Pisces
- 20:04 – 22:03 Aries
- 22:03 – 00:10 next day Taurus
- 00:10 – 02:19 next day Gemini
- 02:19 – 04:20 next day Cancer
- 04:20 – 06:11 next day Leo
- 06:11 – 06:23 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