Kathmandu panchang, 16 December 2024
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 18:03 Margashirsha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 17:10- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:06 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 10:41 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta 14:24 – 15:05
- 12:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:42 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:10 to 06:49 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:37 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:42
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:28 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 23:37
- Karana Kaulava until 12:42, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:37 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:24 – 15:05
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. 04:59 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:54
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:48 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:06 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:24 – 10:41 | Good |
| Rog | 10:41 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:34 – 15:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:52 – 17:10 | Good |
| Char | 17:10 – 18:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:52 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:34 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:42 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:24 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:06 – 06:49 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
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:50 Scorpio
- 06:50 – 08:54 Sagittarius
- 08:54 – 10:37 Capricorn
- 10:37 – 12:05 Aquarius
- 12:05 – 13:31 Pisces
- 13:31 – 15:07 Aries
- 15:07 – 17:03 Taurus
- 17:03 – 19:18 Gemini
- 19:18 – 21:37 Cancer
- 21:37 – 23:54 Leo
- 23:54 – 02:09 next day Virgo
- 02:09 – 04:28 next day Libra
- 04:28 – 06:46 next day Scorpio
- 06:46 – 06:49 next day Sagittarius
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