Kathmandu panchang, 17 September 2025
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 01:12 Bhadrapada month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 18:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:22 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:29
- 06:41 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:13 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:05 to 05:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:55
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:41 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 23:10
- Karana Bava until 12:13, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:41 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 12:13 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:49 – 11:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:29
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. 04:16 – 05:03
- 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 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:55 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:50 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 18:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:05 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:33 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:23 – 05:51 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
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 05:52 Leo
- 05:52 – 08:08 Virgo
- 08:08 – 10:26 Libra
- 10:26 – 12:44 Scorpio
- 12:44 – 14:49 Sagittarius
- 14:49 – 16:32 Capricorn
- 16:32 – 18:00 Aquarius
- 18:00 – 19:26 Pisces
- 19:26 – 21:02 Aries
- 21:02 – 22:58 Taurus
- 22:58 – 01:13 next day Gemini
- 01:13 – 03:32 next day Cancer
- 03:32 – 05:48 next day Leo
- 05:48 – 05:51 next day Virgo
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