Nairobi panchang, 13 December 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 09:44 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 12:26 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam 15:29 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta 16:54 – 17:43
- Rahu Kalam 17:00 – 18:31
- 09:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:31 to 06:22 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 14:18
- Nakshatra Shravana until 06:42 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 09:44
- Karana Vishti until 14:18, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:44 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:44 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:26 – 13:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:54 – 17:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:00 – 18:31
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. 04:47 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:53
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:21 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:53 – 09:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:24 – 10:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:55 – 12:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:26 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:58 – 15:29 | Good |
| Rog | 15:29 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:00 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:31 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:00 – 21:29 | Good |
| Char | 21:29 – 22:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:58 – 00:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:27 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:55 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:24 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:53 – 06:22 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 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:28 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:38 Scorpio
- 06:38 – 08:47 Sagittarius
- 08:47 – 10:49 Capricorn
- 10:49 – 12:42 Aquarius
- 12:42 – 14:34 Pisces
- 14:34 – 16:32 Aries
- 16:32 – 18:40 Taurus
- 18:40 – 20:49 Gemini
- 20:49 – 22:50 Cancer
- 22:50 – 00:41 next day Leo
- 00:41 – 02:31 next day Virgo
- 02:31 – 04:27 next day Libra
- 04:27 – 06:22 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