Kathmandu panchang, 8 January 2025
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 12:25 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 17:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:15 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam 10:52 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:28
- 14:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:44 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:24 to 06:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:39 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 14:41
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 16:44 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 20:38
- Karana Kaulava until 14:41, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:44 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:38 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:39 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:28
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:56 – 16:44
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:44 – 06:56 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. 05:08 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:56 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:15 – 09:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:33 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:52 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:28 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:05 – 17:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:24 – 19:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:05 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:28 | Good |
| Char | 22:28 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:52 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:15 – 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 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:19 Scorpio
- 05:19 – 07:23 Sagittarius
- 07:23 – 09:06 Capricorn
- 09:06 – 10:35 Aquarius
- 10:35 – 12:01 Pisces
- 12:01 – 13:37 Aries
- 13:37 – 15:33 Taurus
- 15:33 – 17:47 Gemini
- 17:47 – 20:07 Cancer
- 20:07 – 22:23 Leo
- 22:23 – 00:38 next day Virgo
- 00:38 – 02:57 next day Libra
- 02:57 – 05:15 next day Scorpio
- 05:15 – 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