Nairobi panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 08:57 Margashirsha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 18:31- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:21 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta 06:21 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta 07:10 – 07:58
- Rahu Kalam 09:23 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:50
- Yamaganda 13:57 – 15:28
- 07:21 Moon enters Capricorn
- 08:47 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:31 to 06:21 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:58 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 11:36
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 03:42 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 08:47
- Karana Gara until 11:36, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:21 Moon enters Capricorn
- 08:47 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:58 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:21 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:21 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:10 – 07:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:57 – 15:28
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:31 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 10:22 – 12:40
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. 04:46 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:21 – 03:42 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:36 – 06:21 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:42 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:21 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:52 – 09:23 | Good |
| Rog | 09:23 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:55 – 12:26 | Bad |
| Char | 12:26 – 13:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:57 – 15:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:28 – 17:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:00 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:31 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:00 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:28 – 22:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:57 – 00:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:26 – 01:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:55 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:24 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:21 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:41 Scorpio
- 06:41 – 08:51 Sagittarius
- 08:51 – 10:53 Capricorn
- 10:53 – 12:46 Aquarius
- 12:46 – 14:38 Pisces
- 14:38 – 16:36 Aries
- 16:36 – 18:44 Taurus
- 18:44 – 20:53 Gemini
- 20:53 – 22:54 Cancer
- 22:54 – 00:45 next day Leo
- 00:45 – 02:34 next day Virgo
- 02:34 – 04:31 next day Libra
- 04:31 – 06:21 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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