Nairobi panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 12:35 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:23 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam 09:26 – 10:57
- Durmuhurta 10:27 – 11:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam 14:00 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:19 – 16:07
- 06:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 08:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:33 to 06:24 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:56 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 20:56
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 13:00 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:51
- Karana Vishti until 08:42, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:43 Moon enters Pisces
- 08:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 10:51 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 20:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:56 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:16 – 06:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:23 – 07:55
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:43 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:27 – 11:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:51 – 09:49 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:19 – 16:07
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. 04:49 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:23 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:55 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:26 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Char | 10:57 – 12:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:28 – 14:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:00 – 15:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:31 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:02 – 18:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:33 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:02 – 21:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:31 – 23:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:00 – 00:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:29 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:57 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:26 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:55 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:22 Scorpio
- 06:22 – 08:31 Sagittarius
- 08:31 – 10:33 Capricorn
- 10:33 – 12:27 Aquarius
- 12:27 – 14:18 Pisces
- 14:18 – 16:17 Aries
- 16:17 – 18:24 Taurus
- 18:24 – 20:33 Gemini
- 20:33 – 22:34 Cancer
- 22:34 – 00:25 next day Leo
- 00:25 – 02:15 next day Virgo
- 02:15 – 04:11 next day Libra
- 04:11 – 06:18 next day Scorpio
- 06:18 – 06:24 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