Kathmandu panchang, 19 March 2025
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 22:50 Phalguna month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 18:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:42
- 11:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:21 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:52 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:13 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 00:52 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 21:05 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 17:52
- Karana Kaulava until 11:40, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:21 Moon enters Scorpio
- 17:52 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:52 – 19:04
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. 04:34 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:36
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 21:05 – 06:08 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:05 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:13 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:09 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:08 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
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:00 Aquarius
- 06:00 – 07:26 Pisces
- 07:26 – 09:02 Aries
- 09:02 – 10:58 Taurus
- 10:58 – 13:12 Gemini
- 13:12 – 15:32 Cancer
- 15:32 – 17:48 Leo
- 17:48 – 20:03 Virgo
- 20:03 – 22:22 Libra
- 22:22 – 00:40 next day Scorpio
- 00:40 – 02:44 next day Sagittarius
- 02:44 – 04:27 next day Capricorn
- 04:27 – 05:56 next day Aquarius
- 05:56 – 06:08 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