Kathmandu panchang, 16 August 2025
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 23:17 Shravana month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 18:39- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:35 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 05:35 – 06:28
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam 08:51 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:23
- 06:21 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:58 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:39 to 05:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:43 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 21:50
- Nakshatra Bharani until 06:21 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:36
- Karana Balava until 10:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:21 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:58 Moon enters Taurus
- 21:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:43 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:35 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:35 – 06:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:43 – 08:19 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. 04:08 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 20:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:50 – 05:36 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:53 – 05:36 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:53 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:35 – 07:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:13 – 08:51 | Good |
| Rog | 08:51 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:29 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Char | 12:07 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:23 – 17:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:01 – 18:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:39 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:01 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:23 – 22:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:46 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:30 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:52 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:14 – 05:36 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
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:42 Cancer
- 05:42 – 07:58 Leo
- 07:58 – 10:14 Virgo
- 10:14 – 12:32 Libra
- 12:32 – 14:50 Scorpio
- 14:50 – 16:54 Sagittarius
- 16:54 – 18:37 Capricorn
- 18:37 – 20:06 Aquarius
- 20:06 – 21:32 Pisces
- 21:32 – 23:08 Aries
- 23:08 – 01:04 next day Taurus
- 01:04 – 03:18 next day Gemini
- 03:18 – 05:36 next day Cancer
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