Kathmandu panchang, 18 August 2025
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 00:10 Shravana month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 18:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:14 – 08:52
- Yamaganda 10:29 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 16:01
- 06:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:55 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:38 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:38 to 05:37 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 17:38
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:21 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 23:14
- Karana Vanija until 06:37, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:55 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:14 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 16:01
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:14 – 00:26 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. 04:09 – 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 18:38 – 20:49
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:36 – 02:21 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:36 – 02:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:36 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:14 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:52 – 10:29 | Good |
| Rog | 10:29 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:22 – 17:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:00 – 18:38 | Good |
| Char | 18:38 – 20:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:00 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:22 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:52 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:14 – 05:37 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:34 Cancer
- 05:34 – 07:50 Leo
- 07:50 – 10:06 Virgo
- 10:06 – 12:24 Libra
- 12:24 – 14:42 Scorpio
- 14:42 – 16:47 Sagittarius
- 16:47 – 18:30 Capricorn
- 18:30 – 19:58 Aquarius
- 19:58 – 21:24 Pisces
- 21:24 – 23:00 Aries
- 23:00 – 00:56 next day Taurus
- 00:56 – 03:11 next day Gemini
- 03:11 – 05:30 next day Cancer
- 05:30 – 05:37 next day Leo
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