Nairobi panchang, 18 January 2027
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 14:40 Pausha month
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · -1.28°, 36.82° · Africa/Nairobi (UTC+03:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:09 – 09:40
- Yamaganda 11:11 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta 13:07 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam 14:14 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta 15:33 – 16:21
- 07:03 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 07:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:35 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 18:43 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:47 to 06:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:47 – 21:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:43 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:57
- Nakshatra Krittika until 18:35 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 07:03
- Karana Gara until 07:57, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:03 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 07:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:35 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 18:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:43 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 05:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:07 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:14 – 15:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:33 – 16:21
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. 05:03 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:47 – 21:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 18:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:35 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:38 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:09 – 09:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:40 – 11:11 | Good |
| Rog | 11:11 – 12:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:43 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Char | 14:14 – 15:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:45 – 17:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:16 – 18:47 | Good |
| Char | 18:47 – 20:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:16 – 21:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:45 – 23:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:14 – 00:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:43 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:12 – 03:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:40 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:09 – 06:38 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:26 Sagittarius
- 06:26 – 08:28 Capricorn
- 08:28 – 10:21 Aquarius
- 10:21 – 12:13 Pisces
- 12:13 – 14:11 Aries
- 14:11 – 16:18 Taurus
- 16:18 – 18:28 Gemini
- 18:28 – 20:28 Cancer
- 20:28 – 22:19 Leo
- 22:19 – 00:09 next day Virgo
- 00:09 – 02:05 next day Libra
- 02:05 – 04:12 next day Scorpio
- 04:12 – 06:22 next day Sagittarius
- 06:22 – 06:38 next day Capricorn
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