Kathmandu panchang, 21 May 2025
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 01:01 Vaishakha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 18:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:54 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:42
- 16:28 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:48 to 05:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:49 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:37 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 03:37 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 19:13 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 00:49 next day
- Karana Taitila until 16:28, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 16:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:49 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:37 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:05 – 00:49 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:49 – 02:01 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. 03:49 – 04:31
- 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 18:48 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:12 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:54 – 08:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:36 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:48 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:06 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:36 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:12 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
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 04:54 Aries
- 04:54 – 06:50 Taurus
- 06:50 – 09:04 Gemini
- 09:04 – 11:24 Cancer
- 11:24 – 13:40 Leo
- 13:40 – 15:56 Virgo
- 15:56 – 18:14 Libra
- 18:14 – 20:32 Scorpio
- 20:32 – 22:37 Sagittarius
- 22:37 – 00:20 next day Capricorn
- 00:20 – 01:48 next day Aquarius
- 01:48 – 03:14 next day Pisces
- 03:14 – 04:50 next day Aries
- 04:50 – 05:12 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