Kathmandu panchang, 20 December 2024
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 22:09 Margashirsha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 17:11- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:08 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:36 – 15:54
- 11:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 11:04 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:11 to 06:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Yoga becomes Priti
- 23:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 11:04
- Nakshatra Magha until 04:02 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 18:26
- Karana Taitila until 11:04, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 11:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:26 Yoga becomes Priti
- 23:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:08 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 15:54
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:50 – 04:02 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. 05:01 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:04 – 06:51 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:02 – 06:51 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:02 – 06:51 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:02 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:50 – 08:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:08 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:36 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Char | 15:54 – 17:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:11 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:54 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:36 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:08 – 06:51 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
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:34 Scorpio
- 06:34 – 08:38 Sagittarius
- 08:38 – 10:21 Capricorn
- 10:21 – 11:50 Aquarius
- 11:50 – 13:15 Pisces
- 13:15 – 14:52 Aries
- 14:52 – 16:48 Taurus
- 16:48 – 19:02 Gemini
- 19:02 – 21:22 Cancer
- 21:22 – 23:38 Leo
- 23:38 – 01:53 next day Virgo
- 01:53 – 04:12 next day Libra
- 04:12 – 06:30 next day Scorpio
- 06:30 – 06:51 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