Kathmandu panchang, 12 March 2025
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 16:33 Phalguna month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 18:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:42
- 09:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:09 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 09:27
- Nakshatra Magha until 04:20 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 13:15
- Karana Taitila until 09:27, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:42
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. 04:40 – 05:29
- 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 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:17 – 04:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:17 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:09 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:40 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:14 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:16 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
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 04:59 Capricorn
- 04:59 – 06:27 Aquarius
- 06:27 – 07:53 Pisces
- 07:53 – 09:29 Aries
- 09:29 – 11:25 Taurus
- 11:25 – 13:40 Gemini
- 13:40 – 15:59 Cancer
- 15:59 – 18:15 Leo
- 18:15 – 20:31 Virgo
- 20:31 – 22:49 Libra
- 22:49 – 01:08 next day Scorpio
- 01:08 – 03:12 next day Sagittarius
- 03:12 – 04:55 next day Capricorn
- 04:55 – 06:16 next day Aquarius
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