Kathmandu panchang, 16 May 2024
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 12:30 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 18:45- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:15 – 06:56
- Gulika Kalam 08:37 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta 09:45 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam 13:41 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 16:03
- 06:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:37 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:29 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:45 to 05:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:45 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:38
- Nakshatra Magha until 18:29 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:37
- Karana Bava until 06:38, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:37 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:29 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 19:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:15 – 06:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:37 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:45 – 10:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 16:03
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 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 18:45 – 20:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:29 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:15 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:56 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:37 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Char | 10:18 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:41 – 15:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:22 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:04 – 18:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:45 – 20:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:04 – 21:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:22 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:37 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:55 – 05:14 next day | Good |
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 NowJupiter
- 06:22 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:13 Aries
- 05:13 – 07:09 Taurus
- 07:09 – 09:23 Gemini
- 09:23 – 11:43 Cancer
- 11:43 – 13:59 Leo
- 13:59 – 16:14 Virgo
- 16:14 – 18:33 Libra
- 18:33 – 20:51 Scorpio
- 20:51 – 22:55 Sagittarius
- 22:55 – 00:38 next day Capricorn
- 00:38 – 02:07 next day Aquarius
- 02:07 – 03:33 next day Pisces
- 03:33 – 05:09 next day Aries
- 05:09 – 05:14 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