Kathmandu panchang, 20 August 2025
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 02:15 Shravana month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 18:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:44
- 14:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 14:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:28 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:36 to 05:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:50 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 01:34 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 14:14
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 00:42 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:28
- Karana Taitila until 14:14, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 14:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:28 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 18:50 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 01:34 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:28 – 16:29 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 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 20:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:37 – 14:14
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:37 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:58 – 18:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:36 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:58 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:52 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:15 – 05:38 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
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:26 Cancer
- 05:26 – 07:42 Leo
- 07:42 – 09:58 Virgo
- 09:58 – 12:16 Libra
- 12:16 – 14:35 Scorpio
- 14:35 – 16:39 Sagittarius
- 16:39 – 18:22 Capricorn
- 18:22 – 19:50 Aquarius
- 19:50 – 21:16 Pisces
- 21:16 – 22:52 Aries
- 22:52 – 00:48 next day Taurus
- 00:48 – 03:03 next day Gemini
- 03:03 – 05:22 next day Cancer
- 05:22 – 05:38 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