Nairobi panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 10:40 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:45 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta 08:40 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:47 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:30
- Yamaganda 15:19 – 16:50
- 14:08 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:21 to 06:14 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 03:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 03:24 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 07:17 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shobhana until 19:35
- Karana Kaulava until 14:08, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 03:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:40 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:50
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:35 – 21:59
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 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:15 – 06:14 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:15 – 03:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:15 – 07:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:45 – 09:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:16 – 10:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:47 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:18 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:19 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:21 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:50 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:19 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:18 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:47 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:45 – 06:14 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 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:22 Virgo
- 06:22 – 08:19 Libra
- 08:19 – 10:26 Scorpio
- 10:26 – 12:35 Sagittarius
- 12:35 – 14:37 Capricorn
- 14:37 – 16:31 Aquarius
- 16:31 – 18:22 Pisces
- 18:22 – 20:20 Aries
- 20:20 – 22:28 Taurus
- 22:28 – 00:37 next day Gemini
- 00:37 – 02:38 next day Cancer
- 02:38 – 04:29 next day Leo
- 04:29 – 06:14 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