Kathmandu panchang, 26 December 2024
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 02:32 Margashirsha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 17:15- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:53 – 08:11
- Gulika Kalam 09:29 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta 10:20 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:22 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta 14:29 – 15:10
- 11:55 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:15 to 06:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:24 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 22:38 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:59 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 18:24 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 22:38
- Karana Bava until 11:55, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:24 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 22:38 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:20 – 11:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:29 – 15:10
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. 05:04 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:58
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:53 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:11 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:29 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Char | 10:46 – 12:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:04 – 13:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:22 – 14:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:39 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:57 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 18:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:57 – 20:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:39 – 22:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:22 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:46 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:29 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:11 – 06:54 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
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:48 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:10 Scorpio
- 06:10 – 08:14 Sagittarius
- 08:14 – 09:58 Capricorn
- 09:58 – 11:26 Aquarius
- 11:26 – 12:52 Pisces
- 12:52 – 14:28 Aries
- 14:28 – 16:24 Taurus
- 16:24 – 18:38 Gemini
- 18:38 – 20:58 Cancer
- 20:58 – 23:14 Leo
- 23:14 – 01:30 next day Virgo
- 01:30 – 03:48 next day Libra
- 03:48 – 06:06 next day Scorpio
- 06:06 – 06:54 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