Kathmandu panchang, 20 April 2025
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 00:22 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 18:30- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 15:16 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta 16:47 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:53 – 18:30
- 07:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:19 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:30 to 05:34 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:27 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:16
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:03 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 00:27 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:01, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:19 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:27 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:47 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:53 – 18:30
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. 04:06 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:35 – 12:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:03 – 05:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:35 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:12 – 08:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:49 – 10:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:25 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:39 – 15:16 | Good |
| Rog | 15:16 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:53 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:30 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:53 – 21:16 | Good |
| Char | 21:16 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:11 – 05:34 next day | Good |
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
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:20 Pisces
- 05:20 – 06:56 Aries
- 06:56 – 08:52 Taurus
- 08:52 – 11:06 Gemini
- 11:06 – 13:26 Cancer
- 13:26 – 15:42 Leo
- 15:42 – 17:57 Virgo
- 17:57 – 20:16 Libra
- 20:16 – 22:34 Scorpio
- 22:34 – 00:38 next day Sagittarius
- 00:38 – 02:21 next day Capricorn
- 02:21 – 03:50 next day Aquarius
- 03:50 – 05:16 next day Pisces
- 05:16 – 05:34 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