Kathmandu panchang, 21 August 2024
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 19:52 Shravana month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:43
- 07:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:34 to 05:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:40 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 17:22
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 00:48 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 17:15
- Karana Taitila until 07:05, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:05 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:27 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:40 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:43
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:40 – 14:01 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. 04:10 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:34 – 20:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:38 – 17:22
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:38 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Char | 15:20 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:57 – 21:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:20 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:52 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:21 Cancer
- 05:21 – 07:38 Leo
- 07:38 – 09:53 Virgo
- 09:53 – 12:11 Libra
- 12:11 – 14:30 Scorpio
- 14:30 – 16:34 Sagittarius
- 16:34 – 18:17 Capricorn
- 18:17 – 19:45 Aquarius
- 19:45 – 21:11 Pisces
- 21:11 – 22:47 Aries
- 22:47 – 00:43 next day Taurus
- 00:43 – 02:58 next day Gemini
- 02:58 – 05:17 next day Cancer
- 05:17 – 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