Kathmandu panchang, 17 May 2025
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 23:06 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:45- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:14 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 05:14 – 06:08
- Durmuhurta 06:08 – 07:02
- Rahu Kalam 08:37 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:41 – 15:23
- 05:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:23 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 17:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:59 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
18:45 to 05:14 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:45 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 05:29
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 17:59 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 07:23
- Karana Balava until 05:29, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:23 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 17:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:59 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 00:18 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:14 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:14 – 06:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:08 – 07:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:23
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. 03:50 – 04:32
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:14 – 05:29
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:14 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:56 – 08:37 | Good |
| Rog | 08:37 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:18 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:41 – 15:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:23 – 17:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:04 – 18:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:45 – 20:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:04 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:22 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:37 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:55 – 05:14 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
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:10 Aries
- 05:10 – 07:06 Taurus
- 07:06 – 09:20 Gemini
- 09:20 – 11:40 Cancer
- 11:40 – 13:56 Leo
- 13:56 – 16:11 Virgo
- 16:11 – 18:30 Libra
- 18:30 – 20:48 Scorpio
- 20:48 – 22:52 Sagittarius
- 22:52 – 00:35 next day Capricorn
- 00:35 – 02:04 next day Aquarius
- 02:04 – 03:30 next day Pisces
- 03:30 – 05:06 next day Aries
- 05:06 – 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