Kathmandu panchang, 16 May 2025
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 22:19 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:56 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam 10:18 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:22 – 17:04
- 07:29 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:45 to 05:14 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:45 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 05:29 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 16:22 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 07:29
- Karana Bava until 16:56, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:29 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:56 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 17:04
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 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:45 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:15 – 06:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:37 – 10:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:18 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:22 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Char | 17:04 – 18:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:45 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:03 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:22 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:37 – 03:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:55 – 05:14 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
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:14 Aries
- 05:14 – 07:10 Taurus
- 07:10 – 09:24 Gemini
- 09:24 – 11:44 Cancer
- 11:44 – 14:00 Leo
- 14:00 – 16:15 Virgo
- 16:15 – 18:34 Libra
- 18:34 – 20:52 Scorpio
- 20:52 – 22:56 Sagittarius
- 22:56 – 00:39 next day Capricorn
- 00:39 – 02:08 next day Aquarius
- 02:08 – 03:34 next day Pisces
- 03:34 – 05:10 next day Aries
- 05:10 – 05:14 next day Taurus
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