Kathmandu panchang, 18 April 2025
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 23:31 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 18:29- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:13 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam 10:26 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:16 – 16:52
- 08:36 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:36 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:22 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:29 to 05:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:18 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:22
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 08:36 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 01:18 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:22, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:36 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:36 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:18 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:05 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:52
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:37 – 08:36
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. 04:08 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:22 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:37 – 07:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:13 – 08:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:50 – 10:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:26 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:39 | Good |
| Rog | 13:39 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:16 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:29 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:52 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:16 – 22:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:26 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:12 – 05:36 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
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:28 Pisces
- 05:28 – 07:04 Aries
- 07:04 – 09:00 Taurus
- 09:00 – 11:14 Gemini
- 11:14 – 13:34 Cancer
- 13:34 – 15:50 Leo
- 15:50 – 18:05 Virgo
- 18:05 – 20:24 Libra
- 20:24 – 22:42 Scorpio
- 22:42 – 00:46 next day Sagittarius
- 00:46 – 02:29 next day Capricorn
- 02:29 – 03:58 next day Aquarius
- 03:58 – 05:24 next day Pisces
- 05:24 – 05:36 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