Kathmandu panchang, 17 July 2024
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 15:25 Ashadha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 18:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:02 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:52
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 09:09 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:59 to 05:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:03
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 21:18
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 03:27 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shubha until 07:18
- Karana Vanija until 09:09, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 09:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:52
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. 03:57 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:03
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:20 – 03:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:20 – 03:27 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:18 – 05:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:20 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:02 – 08:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:44 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:52 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Char | 15:34 – 17:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:17 – 18:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:17 – 21:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:34 – 22:52 | Good |
| Char | 22:52 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:45 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:02 – 05:20 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
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 05:19 Gemini
- 05:19 – 07:39 Cancer
- 07:39 – 09:55 Leo
- 09:55 – 12:10 Virgo
- 12:10 – 14:29 Libra
- 14:29 – 16:47 Scorpio
- 16:47 – 18:51 Sagittarius
- 18:51 – 20:34 Capricorn
- 20:34 – 22:03 Aquarius
- 22:03 – 23:29 Pisces
- 23:29 – 01:05 next day Aries
- 01:05 – 03:01 next day Taurus
- 03:01 – 05:15 next day Gemini
- 05:15 – 05:20 next day Cancer
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