Kathmandu panchang, 23 April 2025
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 02:28 Chaitra month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 18:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:09 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:39
- 05:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:58 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:32 to 05:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:06 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 16:58
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 12:22 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 19:06
- Karana Vanija until 05:49, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:58 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:06 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:49 – 16:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:39
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:32 – 12:22
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:52 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:53 – 15:51
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. 04:04 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:32 – 20:43
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:32 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:32 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:46 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:09 – 05:31 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
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:08 Pisces
- 05:08 – 06:44 Aries
- 06:44 – 08:40 Taurus
- 08:40 – 10:54 Gemini
- 10:54 – 13:14 Cancer
- 13:14 – 15:30 Leo
- 15:30 – 17:46 Virgo
- 17:46 – 20:04 Libra
- 20:04 – 22:22 Scorpio
- 22:22 – 00:27 next day Sagittarius
- 00:27 – 02:10 next day Capricorn
- 02:10 – 03:38 next day Aquarius
- 03:38 – 05:04 next day Pisces
- 05:04 – 05:31 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