Kathmandu panchang, 4 April 2025
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 10:23 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 18:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:25 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam 10:33 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:48
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 09:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:21 to 05:50 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:00 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 20:28
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 06:06 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:00
- Karana Gara until 09:07, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 09:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:00 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:48
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:00 – 00:24 next day
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. 04:19 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:51 – 06:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:35 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:51 – 07:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:25 – 08:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:59 – 10:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:33 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:21 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:58 – 04:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:24 – 05:50 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
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 04:57 Aquarius
- 04:57 – 06:23 Pisces
- 06:23 – 07:59 Aries
- 07:59 – 09:55 Taurus
- 09:55 – 12:09 Gemini
- 12:09 – 14:29 Cancer
- 14:29 – 16:45 Leo
- 16:45 – 19:00 Virgo
- 19:00 – 21:19 Libra
- 21:19 – 23:37 Scorpio
- 23:37 – 01:41 next day Sagittarius
- 01:41 – 03:24 next day Capricorn
- 03:24 – 04:53 next day Aquarius
- 04:53 – 05:50 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