Kathmandu panchang, 4 January 2025
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 10:11 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 17:21- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:56 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta 07:37 – 08:19
- Rahu Kalam 09:32 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:26 – 14:44
- 10:23 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 11:06 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:21 to 06:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:38 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 22:16
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:38 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:23
- Karana Bava until 11:06, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:23 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 11:06 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:38 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:37 – 08:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:32 – 10:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:23 – 07:47 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:44
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 17:21 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:38 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:56 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:14 – 09:32 | Good |
| Rog | 09:32 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:50 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Char | 12:08 – 13:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:26 – 14:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:44 – 16:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:03 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:21 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:03 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:26 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:50 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:32 – 05:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:14 – 06:56 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
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:48 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:35 Scorpio
- 05:35 – 07:39 Sagittarius
- 07:39 – 09:22 Capricorn
- 09:22 – 10:51 Aquarius
- 10:51 – 12:16 Pisces
- 12:16 – 13:53 Aries
- 13:53 – 15:49 Taurus
- 15:49 – 18:03 Gemini
- 18:03 – 20:23 Cancer
- 20:23 – 22:39 Leo
- 22:39 – 00:54 next day Virgo
- 00:54 – 03:13 next day Libra
- 03:13 – 05:31 next day Scorpio
- 05:31 – 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