Kathmandu panchang, 20 May 2024
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 15:58 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 18:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:54 – 08:36
- Yamaganda 10:18 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:04
- 12:24 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 16:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:49 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:47 to 05:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:08 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 16:14
- Nakshatra Chitra until 06:01 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 12:24
- Karana Balava until 16:14, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:24 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 16:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 16:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:49 Moon enters Libra
- 05:08 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 12:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:24 – 12:50 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:04
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:13 – 05:12 next day
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. 03:49 – 04:31
- 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 18:47 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:13 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:54 – 08:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:36 – 10:18 | Good |
| Rog | 10:18 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:24 – 17:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:05 – 18:47 | Good |
| Char | 18:47 – 20:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:05 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:23 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:36 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:54 – 05:12 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
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 04:57 Aries
- 04:57 – 06:53 Taurus
- 06:53 – 09:07 Gemini
- 09:07 – 11:27 Cancer
- 11:27 – 13:43 Leo
- 13:43 – 15:59 Virgo
- 15:59 – 18:17 Libra
- 18:17 – 20:35 Scorpio
- 20:35 – 22:39 Sagittarius
- 22:39 – 00:22 next day Capricorn
- 00:22 – 01:51 next day Aquarius
- 01:51 – 03:17 next day Pisces
- 03:17 – 04:53 next day Aries
- 04:53 – 05:12 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