Kathmandu panchang, 26 August 2024
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 23:06 Shravana month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:29- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:16 – 08:53
- Yamaganda 10:29 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:55
- 15:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:29 to 05:41 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:31 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 02:35 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 02:35 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 16:10 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 22:31
- Karana Balava until 15:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 22:31 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 02:35 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:43 – 04:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:55
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. 04:11 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 05:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:40 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:16 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:53 – 10:29 | Good |
| Rog | 10:29 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:53 – 18:29 | Good |
| Char | 18:29 – 19:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:53 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:29 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:53 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:17 – 05:41 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
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:02 Cancer
- 05:02 – 07:18 Leo
- 07:18 – 09:33 Virgo
- 09:33 – 11:52 Libra
- 11:52 – 14:10 Scorpio
- 14:10 – 16:14 Sagittarius
- 16:14 – 17:57 Capricorn
- 17:57 – 19:26 Aquarius
- 19:26 – 20:52 Pisces
- 20:52 – 22:28 Aries
- 22:28 – 00:24 next day Taurus
- 00:24 – 02:38 next day Gemini
- 02:38 – 04:58 next day Cancer
- 04:58 – 05:41 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