Kathmandu panchang, 21 December 2024
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 23:03 Margashirsha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 17:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:51 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta 06:51 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta 07:32 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:37
- 12:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:36 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:12 to 06:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:38 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 12:36
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 06:29 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 18:37
- Karana Vanija until 12:36, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:38 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:51 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:32 – 08:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:44
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:36 – 01:38 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:37
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 06:51 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. 05:02 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:51 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:51 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:08 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:44 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:37 – 15:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:54 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:12 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:37 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:09 – 06:51 next day | Good |
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
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 06:30 Scorpio
- 06:30 – 08:34 Sagittarius
- 08:34 – 10:17 Capricorn
- 10:17 – 11:46 Aquarius
- 11:46 – 13:12 Pisces
- 13:12 – 14:48 Aries
- 14:48 – 16:44 Taurus
- 16:44 – 18:58 Gemini
- 18:58 – 21:18 Cancer
- 21:18 – 23:34 Leo
- 23:34 – 01:49 next day Virgo
- 01:49 – 04:08 next day Libra
- 04:08 – 06:26 next day Scorpio
- 06:26 – 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