Kathmandu panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 20:12 Margashirsha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 17:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:07 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:18
- 10:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:21 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:11 to 06:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:13 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:21
- Nakshatra Pushya until 01:13 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 19:48
- Karana Vishti until 10:21, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:48 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:13 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:41 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:48 – 18:48 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. 05:00 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:49 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:07 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Char | 14:35 – 15:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:53 – 17:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:11 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:53 – 20:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:35 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:25 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:50 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
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:42 Scorpio
- 06:42 – 08:46 Sagittarius
- 08:46 – 10:29 Capricorn
- 10:29 – 11:57 Aquarius
- 11:57 – 13:23 Pisces
- 13:23 – 14:59 Aries
- 14:59 – 16:55 Taurus
- 16:55 – 19:10 Gemini
- 19:10 – 21:29 Cancer
- 21:29 – 23:46 Leo
- 23:46 – 02:01 next day Virgo
- 02:01 – 04:20 next day Libra
- 04:20 – 06:38 next day Scorpio
- 06:38 – 06:50 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