Kathmandu panchang, 17 March 2025
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 20:59 Phalguna month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:12- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:42 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 10:42 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:48
- 06:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:02 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
18:12 to 06:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 19:48 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 19:48
- Nakshatra Chitra until 15:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 16:00
- Karana Vanija until 06:30, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:02 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 19:48 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:00 – 19:36
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:12 – 15:02
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 – 05:24
- 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 18:12 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:12 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:42 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:12 – 10:42 | Good |
| Rog | 10:42 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:12 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:12 – 16:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:42 – 18:12 | Good |
| Char | 18:12 – 19:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:42 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:12 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:41 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:11 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:41 – 06:11 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 04:39 Capricorn
- 04:39 – 06:07 Aquarius
- 06:07 – 07:33 Pisces
- 07:33 – 09:09 Aries
- 09:09 – 11:06 Taurus
- 11:06 – 13:20 Gemini
- 13:20 – 15:40 Cancer
- 15:40 – 17:56 Leo
- 17:56 – 20:11 Virgo
- 20:11 – 22:30 Libra
- 22:30 – 00:48 next day Scorpio
- 00:48 – 02:52 next day Sagittarius
- 02:52 – 04:35 next day Capricorn
- 04:35 – 06:04 next day Aquarius
- 06:04 – 06:11 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