Kathmandu panchang, 3 January 2025
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 09:36 Pausha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 17:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:14 – 09:32
- Durmuhurta 09:00 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam 10:50 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:10
- Yamaganda 14:44 – 16:02
- 11:02 Moon enters Aquarius
- 12:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:52 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
17:20 to 06:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:36 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 23:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 23:55 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 23:55
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 22:36 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 12:52
- Karana Vanija until 12:40, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:02 Moon enters Aquarius
- 12:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:52 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 22:36 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 23:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 23:55 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:00 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:10
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:40 – 23:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:02
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. 05:07 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:56 – 22:36
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:56 – 08:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:14 – 09:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:32 – 10:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:50 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:26 | Good |
| Rog | 13:26 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Char | 16:02 – 17:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:20 – 19:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:02 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:44 – 22:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:26 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:50 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:32 – 05:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:14 – 06:56 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
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:48 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:39 Scorpio
- 05:39 – 07:43 Sagittarius
- 07:43 – 09:26 Capricorn
- 09:26 – 10:54 Aquarius
- 10:54 – 12:20 Pisces
- 12:20 – 13:57 Aries
- 13:57 – 15:53 Taurus
- 15:53 – 18:07 Gemini
- 18:07 – 20:27 Cancer
- 20:27 – 22:43 Leo
- 22:43 – 00:58 next day Virgo
- 00:58 – 03:17 next day Libra
- 03:17 – 05:35 next day Scorpio
- 05:35 – 06:56 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