Kathmandu panchang, 16 April 2025
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 21:40 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 18:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:39
- 13:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:32 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:28 to 05:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:38 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 13:32
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 06:10 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:33 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:32, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:38 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:47 – 00:33 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:39
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. 04:09 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:42
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:39 – 05:38 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:39 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:52 – 18:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:28 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:50 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:14 – 05:38 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
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:09 Aquarius
- 04:09 – 05:35 Pisces
- 05:35 – 07:12 Aries
- 07:12 – 09:08 Taurus
- 09:08 – 11:22 Gemini
- 11:22 – 13:42 Cancer
- 13:42 – 15:58 Leo
- 15:58 – 18:13 Virgo
- 18:13 – 20:32 Libra
- 20:32 – 22:50 Scorpio
- 22:50 – 00:54 next day Sagittarius
- 00:54 – 02:37 next day Capricorn
- 02:37 – 04:06 next day Aquarius
- 04:06 – 05:32 next day Pisces
- 05:32 – 05:38 next day Aries
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