Nairobi panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 18:08 Margashirsha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 18:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:57 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 11:00 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:31 – 14:02
- 08:17 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:45 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:36 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 08:17
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:23 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 14:45
- Karana Vanija until 08:17, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:17 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:45 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:28 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:28 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 14:02
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. 04:52 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 20:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:26 – 02:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:26 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:57 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:00 – 12:31 | Good |
| Rog | 12:31 – 14:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:02 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Char | 15:34 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:36 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:05 – 21:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:34 – 23:03 | Good |
| Char | 23:03 – 00:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:31 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:00 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:58 Scorpio
- 05:58 – 08:08 Sagittarius
- 08:08 – 10:10 Capricorn
- 10:10 – 12:03 Aquarius
- 12:03 – 13:55 Pisces
- 13:55 – 15:53 Aries
- 15:53 – 18:01 Taurus
- 18:01 – 20:10 Gemini
- 20:10 – 22:10 Cancer
- 22:10 – 00:02 next day Leo
- 00:02 – 01:51 next day Virgo
- 01:51 – 03:48 next day Libra
- 03:48 – 05:54 next day Scorpio
- 05:54 – 06:27 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