Kathmandu panchang, 2 October 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 05:22 Bhadrapada month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 17:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:26 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:21
- 11:14 Karana becomes Naga
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:47 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:36 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 00:34 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 12:37 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 03:36 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 11:14, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:14 Karana becomes Naga
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:36 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:21
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. 04:20 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:37 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:26 – 08:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:47 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:27 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 04:52 Leo
- 04:52 – 07:08 Virgo
- 07:08 – 09:26 Libra
- 09:26 – 11:44 Scorpio
- 11:44 – 13:49 Sagittarius
- 13:49 – 15:32 Capricorn
- 15:32 – 17:00 Aquarius
- 17:00 – 18:26 Pisces
- 18:26 – 20:02 Aries
- 20:02 – 21:58 Taurus
- 21:58 – 00:13 next day Gemini
- 00:13 – 02:32 next day Cancer
- 02:32 – 04:48 next day Leo
- 04:48 – 05:58 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