Nairobi panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 11:53 Margashirsha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 18:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:28 – 13:59
- 07:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:16 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:33 to 06:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:16 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 20:16
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 11:32 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 11:16
- Karana Gara until 07:38, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:16 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:28 – 13:59
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:16 – 06:43 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:43 – 08:42 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. 04:48 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:23 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:55 – 11:32
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:23 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:28 | Good |
| Rog | 12:28 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:59 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Char | 15:30 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:33 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:30 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:28 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:23 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
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:26 Scorpio
- 06:26 – 08:35 Sagittarius
- 08:35 – 10:37 Capricorn
- 10:37 – 12:31 Aquarius
- 12:31 – 14:22 Pisces
- 14:22 – 16:21 Aries
- 16:21 – 18:28 Taurus
- 18:28 – 20:37 Gemini
- 20:37 – 22:38 Cancer
- 22:38 – 00:29 next day Leo
- 00:29 – 02:19 next day Virgo
- 02:19 – 04:15 next day Libra
- 04:15 – 06:22 next day Scorpio
- 06:22 – 06:23 next day Sagittarius
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