Kathmandu panchang, 21 August 2025
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 03:21 Shravana month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:35- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:38 – 07:15
- Gulika Kalam 08:52 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta 09:57 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:59
- 13:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:29 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:35 to 05:38 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 13:00
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:23 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 16:29
- Karana Vanija until 13:00, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:29 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:38 – 07:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:57 – 10:48
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:00 – 00:32 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:59
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 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:35 – 20:47
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:38 – 00:23 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:38 – 00:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:38 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:15 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:52 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Char | 10:29 – 12:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:06 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:20 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:57 – 18:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:35 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:58 – 21:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:21 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:06 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:52 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:15 – 05:38 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
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:47 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:48 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:22 Cancer
- 05:22 – 07:39 Leo
- 07:39 – 09:54 Virgo
- 09:54 – 12:13 Libra
- 12:13 – 14:31 Scorpio
- 14:31 – 16:35 Sagittarius
- 16:35 – 18:18 Capricorn
- 18:18 – 19:46 Aquarius
- 19:46 – 21:12 Pisces
- 21:12 – 22:48 Aries
- 22:48 – 00:44 next day Taurus
- 00:44 – 02:59 next day Gemini
- 02:59 – 05:18 next day Cancer
- 05:18 – 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