Kathmandu panchang, 2 April 2025
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 08:27 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 18:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:27 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:40
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 09:04 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:22 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:20 to 05:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:05 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:04 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 00:05 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:04 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 06:22
- Karana Bava until 13:22, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 09:04 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:05 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:04 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:40
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. 04:21 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 09:04
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:54 – 09:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 09:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:04 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:27 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:59 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:26 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:05 Aquarius
- 05:05 – 06:30 Pisces
- 06:30 – 08:07 Aries
- 08:07 – 10:03 Taurus
- 10:03 – 12:17 Gemini
- 12:17 – 14:37 Cancer
- 14:37 – 16:53 Leo
- 16:53 – 19:08 Virgo
- 19:08 – 21:27 Libra
- 21:27 – 23:45 Scorpio
- 23:45 – 01:49 next day Sagittarius
- 01:49 – 03:32 next day Capricorn
- 03:32 – 05:01 next day Aquarius
- 05:01 – 05:53 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