Nairobi panchang, 18 November 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 13:15 Kartika month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:49
- 16:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:22 to 06:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 04:36 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:12 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 04:36 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 03:40 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 05:12 next day
- Karana Balava until 16:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 04:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 04:36 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:12 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:35 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 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. 04:38 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:22 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:13 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:13 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Char | 15:20 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:20 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:09 Libra
- 06:09 – 08:16 Scorpio
- 08:16 – 10:25 Sagittarius
- 10:25 – 12:27 Capricorn
- 12:27 – 14:21 Aquarius
- 14:21 – 16:12 Pisces
- 16:12 – 18:11 Aries
- 18:11 – 20:18 Taurus
- 20:18 – 22:27 Gemini
- 22:27 – 00:28 next day Cancer
- 00:28 – 02:19 next day Leo
- 02:19 – 04:09 next day Virgo
- 04:09 – 06:05 next day Libra
- 06:05 – 06:13 next day Scorpio
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