Kathmandu panchang, 21 October 2024
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 20:36 Ashwin month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 17:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:33 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 10:23 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 13:13 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta 14:26 – 15:11
- 07:05 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 11:26 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 15:33 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:27 to 06:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:27 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:30 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 02:44 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:05 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 11:26
- Karana Kaulava until 15:33, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:05 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 11:26 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 15:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:30 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 02:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 06:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:48
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:26 – 22:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:26 – 15:11
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 02:44 – 06:06 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. 04:27 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 19:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:08 – 07:05
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:05 – 02:44 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:05 – 06:06 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:08 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:33 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:58 – 10:23 | Good |
| Rog | 10:23 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:48 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:37 – 16:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:02 – 17:27 | Good |
| Char | 17:27 – 19:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:02 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:38 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:13 – 23:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:48 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:23 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:58 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:33 – 06:09 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
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:53 Virgo
- 05:53 – 08:12 Libra
- 08:12 – 10:30 Scorpio
- 10:30 – 12:34 Sagittarius
- 12:34 – 14:17 Capricorn
- 14:17 – 15:45 Aquarius
- 15:45 – 17:11 Pisces
- 17:11 – 18:47 Aries
- 18:47 – 20:43 Taurus
- 20:43 – 22:58 Gemini
- 22:58 – 01:17 next day Cancer
- 01:17 – 03:34 next day Leo
- 03:34 – 05:49 next day Virgo
- 05:49 – 06:09 next day Libra
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