Nairobi panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 13:19 Margashirsha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 18:34- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:55 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:58 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:53 – 13:42
- Yamaganda 15:31 – 17:03
- 08:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:49 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:40 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:34 to 06:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:44 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 20:44
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 13:40 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 09:49
- Karana Balava until 08:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:49 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:40 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 20:44 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:53 – 13:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:03
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 20:44 – 06:24 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. 04:49 – 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 18:34 – 20:56
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 13:40 – 20:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:40 – 06:24 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:40 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:24 – 07:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:55 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:58 – 12:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:29 – 14:00 | Good |
| Rog | 14:00 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:31 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Char | 17:03 – 18:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:34 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:03 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:31 – 23:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:00 – 00:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:29 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:58 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 04:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:55 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:18 Scorpio
- 06:18 – 08:27 Sagittarius
- 08:27 – 10:29 Capricorn
- 10:29 – 12:23 Aquarius
- 12:23 – 14:15 Pisces
- 14:15 – 16:13 Aries
- 16:13 – 18:20 Taurus
- 18:20 – 20:29 Gemini
- 20:29 – 22:30 Cancer
- 22:30 – 00:21 next day Leo
- 00:21 – 02:11 next day Virgo
- 02:11 – 04:07 next day Libra
- 04:07 – 06:14 next day Scorpio
- 06:14 – 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