Kathmandu panchang, 5 January 2025
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 10:44 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:45 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta 15:58 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam 16:03 – 17:21
- 07:47 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 09:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:50 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:21 to 06:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 20:30
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:33 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 07:47
- Karana Kaulava until 09:24, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:47 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 09:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:50 Moon enters Pisces
- 20:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:58 – 16:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:03 – 17:21
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:05 – 15:42 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. 05:07 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:30
- 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 06:56 – 20:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:33 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:56 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:14 – 09:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:32 – 10:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:51 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:27 – 14:45 | Good |
| Rog | 14:45 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:03 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:21 – 19:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:03 – 20:45 | Good |
| Char | 20:45 – 22:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:27 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:51 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:32 – 05:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:31 Scorpio
- 05:31 – 07:35 Sagittarius
- 07:35 – 09:18 Capricorn
- 09:18 – 10:47 Aquarius
- 10:47 – 12:13 Pisces
- 12:13 – 13:49 Aries
- 13:49 – 15:45 Taurus
- 15:45 – 17:59 Gemini
- 17:59 – 20:19 Cancer
- 20:19 – 22:35 Leo
- 22:35 – 00:50 next day Virgo
- 00:50 – 03:09 next day Libra
- 03:09 – 05:27 next day Scorpio
- 05:27 – 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