Kathmandu panchang, 20 August 2024
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 19:16 Shravana month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 18:35- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:13 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 08:52 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:06 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam 15:21 – 16:58
- 06:00 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 10:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:35 to 05:38 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:48 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:10 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:48
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:00 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 21:10
- Karana Balava until 10:30, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:00 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 10:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:48 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:10 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:13 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:58
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:37 – 06:00
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:00 – 03:24 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:24 – 05:38 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. 04:09 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:37 – 07:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:15 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Char | 08:52 – 10:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:29 – 12:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:06 – 13:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:44 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:21 – 16:58 | Good |
| Rog | 16:58 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:35 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:58 – 21:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:21 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:44 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:29 – 02:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:52 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:15 – 05:38 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
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:47 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:25 Cancer
- 05:25 – 07:41 Leo
- 07:41 – 09:57 Virgo
- 09:57 – 12:15 Libra
- 12:15 – 14:34 Scorpio
- 14:34 – 16:38 Sagittarius
- 16:38 – 18:21 Capricorn
- 18:21 – 19:49 Aquarius
- 19:49 – 21:15 Pisces
- 21:15 – 22:51 Aries
- 22:51 – 00:47 next day Taurus
- 00:47 – 03:02 next day Gemini
- 03:02 – 05:21 next day Cancer
- 05:21 – 05:38 next day Leo
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