Kathmandu panchang, 18 September 2024
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 18:21 Bhadrapada month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 18:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:22 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:29
- 05:59 Moon enters Pisces
- 08:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 08:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:03 to 05:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:34 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 08:19
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:15 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 23:43
- Karana Bava until 08:19, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:59 Moon enters Pisces
- 08:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 08:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:34 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:34 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:56 – 06:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:29
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:53 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:58 – 22:48
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. 04:17 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:34 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:51 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 18:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:32 – 21:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:23 – 05:51 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
- 05:51 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 05:47 Leo
- 05:47 – 08:03 Virgo
- 08:03 – 10:21 Libra
- 10:21 – 12:40 Scorpio
- 12:40 – 14:44 Sagittarius
- 14:44 – 16:27 Capricorn
- 16:27 – 17:55 Aquarius
- 17:55 – 19:21 Pisces
- 19:21 – 20:57 Aries
- 20:57 – 22:53 Taurus
- 22:53 – 01:08 next day Gemini
- 01:08 – 03:27 next day Cancer
- 03:27 – 05:44 next day Leo
- 05:44 – 05:51 next day Virgo
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