Kathmandu panchang, 17 October 2025
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 02:11 Ashwin month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 17:31- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam 10:23 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 14:40 – 16:06
- 11:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:31 to 06:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:03 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 11:27
- Nakshatra Magha until 14:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shukla until 02:03 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:03 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 16:06
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:05 – 14:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 15:04 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:59 – 16:09
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. 04:25 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:05 – 11:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:12 – 06:06 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:12 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:05 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 08:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:23 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:48 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:40 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Char | 16:06 – 17:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:31 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:06 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:40 – 22:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:14 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:49 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:23 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:32 – 06:06 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
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:10 Virgo
- 06:10 – 08:28 Libra
- 08:28 – 10:47 Scorpio
- 10:47 – 12:51 Sagittarius
- 12:51 – 14:34 Capricorn
- 14:34 – 16:02 Aquarius
- 16:02 – 17:28 Pisces
- 17:28 – 19:04 Aries
- 19:04 – 21:00 Taurus
- 21:00 – 23:15 Gemini
- 23:15 – 01:34 next day Cancer
- 01:34 – 03:51 next day Leo
- 03:51 – 06:06 next day Virgo
- 06:06 – 06:06 next day Libra
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