Nairobi panchang, 20 October 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 13:54 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 18:20- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 09:15 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:41
- Gulika Kalam 12:17 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam 15:19 – 16:50
- 10:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:32 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:20 to 06:13 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 23:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:30 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 10:20
- Nakshatra Shravana until 15:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 22:20
- Karana Kaulava until 10:20, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:32 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 23:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:30 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:50
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:20 – 00:44 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:32 – 06:13 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. 04:39 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:14 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:14 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:45 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Char | 09:15 – 10:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:46 – 12:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:17 – 13:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:48 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:19 – 16:50 | Good |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:20 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:50 – 21:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:19 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:48 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:17 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:46 – 03:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:15 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:44 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:07 Virgo
- 06:07 – 08:03 Libra
- 08:03 – 10:10 Scorpio
- 10:10 – 12:19 Sagittarius
- 12:19 – 14:21 Capricorn
- 14:21 – 16:15 Aquarius
- 16:15 – 18:06 Pisces
- 18:06 – 20:05 Aries
- 20:05 – 22:12 Taurus
- 22:12 – 00:21 next day Gemini
- 00:21 – 02:22 next day Cancer
- 02:22 – 04:13 next day Leo
- 04:13 – 06:03 next day Virgo
- 06:03 – 06:13 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