Nairobi panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 12:20 Ashwin month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:21- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 12:17 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:19 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta 16:44 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam 16:50 – 18:21
- 10:19 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:03 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:21 to 06:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:26 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:22 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 10:19 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:26
- Karana Vishti until 19:12, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:19 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:03 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:26 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:44 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:50 – 18:21
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 – 20:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:19 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:14 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:45 – 09:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:16 – 10:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:47 – 12:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:17 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:48 – 15:19 | Good |
| Rog | 15:19 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:21 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:50 – 21:19 | Good |
| Char | 21:19 – 22:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:48 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:17 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:46 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:16 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:15 Virgo
- 06:15 – 08:11 Libra
- 08:11 – 10:18 Scorpio
- 10:18 – 12:27 Sagittarius
- 12:27 – 14:29 Capricorn
- 14:29 – 16:23 Aquarius
- 16:23 – 18:14 Pisces
- 18:14 – 20:13 Aries
- 20:13 – 22:20 Taurus
- 22:20 – 00:29 next day Gemini
- 00:29 – 02:30 next day Cancer
- 02:30 – 04:21 next day Leo
- 04:21 – 06:11 next day Virgo
- 06:11 – 06:14 next day Libra
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