Kathmandu panchang, 16 March 2025
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 20:05 Phalguna month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:11- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:12 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:12 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta 16:35 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam 16:41 – 18:11
- 12:00 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:03 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:11 to 06:12 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:30 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 17:13
- Nakshatra Hasta until 12:00 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 15:03
- Karana Gara until 17:13, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:00 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:03 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:30 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:35 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:11
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. 04:36 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:35
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:13 – 12:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:13 – 12:00
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:13 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:43 – 09:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:12 – 10:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:42 – 12:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:12 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 15:12 | Good |
| Rog | 15:12 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:41 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:11 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:41 – 21:11 | Good |
| Char | 21:11 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:42 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:12 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:42 – 06:12 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
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 04:43 Capricorn
- 04:43 – 06:11 Aquarius
- 06:11 – 07:37 Pisces
- 07:37 – 09:13 Aries
- 09:13 – 11:09 Taurus
- 11:09 – 13:24 Gemini
- 13:24 – 15:43 Cancer
- 15:43 – 18:00 Leo
- 18:00 – 20:15 Virgo
- 20:15 – 22:34 Libra
- 22:34 – 00:52 next day Scorpio
- 00:52 – 02:56 next day Sagittarius
- 02:56 – 04:39 next day Capricorn
- 04:39 – 06:07 next day Aquarius
- 06:07 – 06:12 next day Pisces
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