Nairobi panchang, 23 September 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 16:03 Bhadrapada month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:53 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:25 – 13:55
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 07:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:57 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:27 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Moon enters Aquarius
- 20:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 20:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 20:21
- Nakshatra Shravana until 06:39 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 13:57
- Karana Bava until 07:52, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 07:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:57 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 19:27 Moon enters Aquarius
- 20:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 20:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 13:55
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:39 – 06:22 next day
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. 04:47 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:22 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:53 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:25 | Good |
| Rog | 12:25 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:55 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:55 | Good |
| Char | 22:55 – 00:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:24 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:22 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
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:03 Leo
- 06:03 – 07:53 Virgo
- 07:53 – 09:49 Libra
- 09:49 – 11:56 Scorpio
- 11:56 – 14:06 Sagittarius
- 14:06 – 16:08 Capricorn
- 16:08 – 18:01 Aquarius
- 18:01 – 19:53 Pisces
- 19:53 – 21:51 Aries
- 21:51 – 23:58 Taurus
- 23:58 – 02:08 next day Gemini
- 02:08 – 04:08 next day Cancer
- 04:08 – 05:59 next day Leo
- 05:59 – 06:22 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