Nairobi panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 06:26 Margashirsha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 18:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:51 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:53 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:25 – 13:56
- 17:02 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:29 to 06:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 18:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 06:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:16 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 06:16 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 18:30 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 06:54 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 17:02, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 17:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 18:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 06:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:16 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:09 – 08:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 13:56
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. 04:45 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:16 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:20 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:51 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:53 – 12:25 | Good |
| Rog | 12:25 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:56 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:58 – 18:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:29 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:58 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:56 | Good |
| Char | 22:56 – 00:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:25 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:51 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 04:47 Libra
- 04:47 – 06:53 Scorpio
- 06:53 – 09:03 Sagittarius
- 09:03 – 11:05 Capricorn
- 11:05 – 12:58 Aquarius
- 12:58 – 14:50 Pisces
- 14:50 – 16:48 Aries
- 16:48 – 18:56 Taurus
- 18:56 – 21:05 Gemini
- 21:05 – 23:05 Cancer
- 23:05 – 00:57 next day Leo
- 00:57 – 02:46 next day Virgo
- 02:46 – 04:43 next day Libra
- 04:43 – 06:20 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