Nairobi panchang, 30 December 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:40 Margashirsha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam 11:03 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:35 – 14:06
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 10:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:40 to 06:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:40 – 21:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 10:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 13:07 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 11:11
- Karana Bava until 10:06, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 10:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 21:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 14:06
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. 04:55 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:10 – 12:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:40 – 21:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 13:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:30 – 10:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:07 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:32 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:03 – 12:35 | Good |
| Rog | 12:35 – 14:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:06 – 15:37 | Bad |
| Char | 15:37 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:40 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:37 – 23:06 | Good |
| Char | 23:06 – 00:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:35 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:04 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:01 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:31 Scorpio
- 05:31 – 07:40 Sagittarius
- 07:40 – 09:42 Capricorn
- 09:42 – 11:36 Aquarius
- 11:36 – 13:27 Pisces
- 13:27 – 15:26 Aries
- 15:26 – 17:33 Taurus
- 17:33 – 19:42 Gemini
- 19:42 – 21:43 Cancer
- 21:43 – 23:34 Leo
- 23:34 – 01:24 next day Virgo
- 01:24 – 03:20 next day Libra
- 03:20 – 05:27 next day Scorpio
- 05:27 – 06:30 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