Kathmandu panchang, 9 April 2025
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 15:23 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 18:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:21 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:40
- 10:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 10:16 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:24 to 05:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:40 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 23:11
- Nakshatra Magha until 10:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 18:40
- Karana Bava until 10:16, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 10:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:40 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:40
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:13 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:07 – 22:20
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. 04:15 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:46 – 23:11
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:46 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:21 – 08:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:20 – 05:45 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
- 05:46 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:37 Aquarius
- 04:37 – 06:03 Pisces
- 06:03 – 07:39 Aries
- 07:39 – 09:35 Taurus
- 09:35 – 11:50 Gemini
- 11:50 – 14:09 Cancer
- 14:09 – 16:25 Leo
- 16:25 – 18:41 Virgo
- 18:41 – 20:59 Libra
- 20:59 – 23:17 Scorpio
- 23:17 – 01:22 next day Sagittarius
- 01:22 – 03:05 next day Capricorn
- 03:05 – 04:33 next day Aquarius
- 04:33 – 05:45 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