Kathmandu panchang, 15 May 2024
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 11:35 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:56 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:19 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:41
- 07:56 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:40 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:40 Moon enters Leo
- 17:33 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:44 to 05:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:44 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:38 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 15:40 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:56
- Karana Vishti until 17:33, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:56 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:40 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:40 Moon enters Leo
- 17:33 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:34 – 15:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:40 – 17:33
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:46 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:40 – 07:52
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. 03:51 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:44 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:15 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:56 – 08:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:37 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:19 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 17:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:03 – 18:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:44 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:03 – 21:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:37 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:56 – 05:15 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
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:17 Aries
- 05:17 – 07:13 Taurus
- 07:13 – 09:27 Gemini
- 09:27 – 11:47 Cancer
- 11:47 – 14:03 Leo
- 14:03 – 16:18 Virgo
- 16:18 – 18:37 Libra
- 18:37 – 20:55 Scorpio
- 20:55 – 22:59 Sagittarius
- 22:59 – 00:42 next day Capricorn
- 00:42 – 02:11 next day Aquarius
- 02:11 – 03:36 next day Pisces
- 03:36 – 05:13 next day Aries
- 05:13 – 05:15 next day Taurus
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 Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+5:45) · Method