Nairobi panchang, 14 October 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 08:57 Ashwin month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:49
- 09:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:09 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:21 to 06:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 22:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 22:43
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 01:33 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 18:09
- Karana Vanija until 09:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:09 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 22:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 22:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:49
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. 04:40 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:44
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:15 – 01:33 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:15 – 01:33 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:15 – 01:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:17 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Char | 15:20 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:20 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:46 – 06:15 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 04:41 Leo
- 04:41 – 06:30 Virgo
- 06:30 – 08:27 Libra
- 08:27 – 10:33 Scorpio
- 10:33 – 12:43 Sagittarius
- 12:43 – 14:45 Capricorn
- 14:45 – 16:38 Aquarius
- 16:38 – 18:30 Pisces
- 18:30 – 20:28 Aries
- 20:28 – 22:36 Taurus
- 22:36 – 00:45 next day Gemini
- 00:45 – 02:45 next day Cancer
- 02:45 – 04:37 next day Leo
- 04:37 – 06:15 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