Kathmandu panchang, 2 May 2025
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 09:13 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 18:37- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:03 – 08:42
- Durmuhurta 08:03 – 08:55
- Rahu Kalam 10:21 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:19 – 16:58
- 05:53 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:19 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:37 to 05:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:34 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 09:30
- Nakshatra Ardra until 13:19 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 05:53
- Karana Balava until 09:30, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:53 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:19 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 20:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:34 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:03 – 08:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:58
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:34 – 05:34 next day
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. 03:58 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:37 – 20:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:30 – 05:23 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:19 – 05:23 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:19 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:24 – 07:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:03 – 08:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:42 – 10:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:21 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:39 | Good |
| Rog | 13:39 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:19 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Char | 16:58 – 18:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:37 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:57 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:39 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:21 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:42 – 04:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:02 – 05:23 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
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:33 Pisces
- 04:33 – 06:09 Aries
- 06:09 – 08:05 Taurus
- 08:05 – 10:19 Gemini
- 10:19 – 12:39 Cancer
- 12:39 – 14:55 Leo
- 14:55 – 17:10 Virgo
- 17:10 – 19:29 Libra
- 19:29 – 21:47 Scorpio
- 21:47 – 23:51 Sagittarius
- 23:51 – 01:34 next day Capricorn
- 01:34 – 03:03 next day Aquarius
- 03:03 – 04:29 next day Pisces
- 04:29 – 05:23 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