Kathmandu panchang, 15 January 2025
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 18:56 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 17:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:15 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:32
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:32 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:29 to 06:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:01 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 03:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 03:38 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 10:43 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 02:01 next day
- Karana Taitila until 15:32, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:01 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 03:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:32
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. 05:09 – 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) 11:52 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:11
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:56 – 03:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:15 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:32 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:10 – 17:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:29 – 19:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:10 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 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
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:42 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)
- 05:09 – 06:56 Sagittarius
- 06:56 – 08:39 Capricorn
- 08:39 – 10:07 Aquarius
- 10:07 – 11:33 Pisces
- 11:33 – 13:09 Aries
- 13:09 – 15:05 Taurus
- 15:05 – 17:20 Gemini
- 17:20 – 19:39 Cancer
- 19:39 – 21:56 Leo
- 21:56 – 00:11 next day Virgo
- 00:11 – 02:30 next day Libra
- 02:30 – 04:48 next day Scorpio
- 04:48 – 06:52 next day Sagittarius
- 06:52 – 06:56 next day Capricorn
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