Kathmandu panchang, 14 May 2025
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 20:31 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 18:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:57 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam 10:19 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:41
- 06:48 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:50 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:44 to 05:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:44 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 02:44 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 12:02 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 06:48
- Karana Taitila until 13:50, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:48 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:41
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. 03:51 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:44 – 20:50
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:16 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:16 – 12:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:16 – 02:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:16 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:57 – 08:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:38 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:19 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 17:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:03 – 18:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:44 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:03 – 21:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:37 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:56 – 05:15 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
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:21 Aries
- 05:21 – 07:17 Taurus
- 07:17 – 09:32 Gemini
- 09:32 – 11:51 Cancer
- 11:51 – 14:08 Leo
- 14:08 – 16:23 Virgo
- 16:23 – 18:42 Libra
- 18:42 – 21:00 Scorpio
- 21:00 – 23:04 Sagittarius
- 23:04 – 00:47 next day Capricorn
- 00:47 – 02:15 next day Aquarius
- 02:15 – 03:41 next day Pisces
- 03:41 – 05:15 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