Nairobi panchang, 17 October 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 11:31 Ashwin month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:21- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:14 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta 06:14 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 07:03 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam 09:16 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 13:48 – 15:19
- 07:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:42 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:21 to 06:14 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 05:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:58 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 05:58 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 07:17 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 20:32
- Karana Gara until 16:42, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 05:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:58 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:14 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:14 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:03 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:19
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. 04:39 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 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 06:14 – 07:17
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:14 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:45 – 09:16 | Good |
| Rog | 09:16 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:47 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Char | 12:18 – 13:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:48 – 15:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:19 – 16:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:50 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:21 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:50 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:19 – 22:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:48 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:18 – 01:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:47 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:16 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:45 – 06:14 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:19 Virgo
- 06:19 – 08:15 Libra
- 08:15 – 10:22 Scorpio
- 10:22 – 12:31 Sagittarius
- 12:31 – 14:33 Capricorn
- 14:33 – 16:27 Aquarius
- 16:27 – 18:18 Pisces
- 18:18 – 20:17 Aries
- 20:17 – 22:24 Taurus
- 22:24 – 00:33 next day Gemini
- 00:33 – 02:34 next day Cancer
- 02:34 – 04:25 next day Leo
- 04:25 – 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