Kathmandu panchang, 8 December 2025
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 20:49 Margashirsha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:07- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:01 – 09:19
- Yamaganda 10:37 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam 13:13 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta 14:21 – 15:02
- 16:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:07 to 06:43 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 16:18
- Nakshatra Pushya until 03:07 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 17:16
- Karana Balava until 16:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 12:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:21 – 15:02
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 13:00 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 12:01 – 13:59
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. 04:54 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:43 – 03:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:43 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:01 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:19 – 10:37 | Good |
| Rog | 10:37 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:31 – 15:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:49 – 17:07 | Good |
| Char | 17:07 – 18:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:49 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:31 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:13 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:37 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:19 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:01 – 06:43 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
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:04 Libra
- 05:04 – 07:22 Scorpio
- 07:22 – 09:26 Sagittarius
- 09:26 – 11:09 Capricorn
- 11:09 – 12:38 Aquarius
- 12:38 – 14:04 Pisces
- 14:04 – 15:40 Aries
- 15:40 – 17:36 Taurus
- 17:36 – 19:50 Gemini
- 19:50 – 22:10 Cancer
- 22:10 – 00:26 next day Leo
- 00:26 – 02:41 next day Virgo
- 02:41 – 05:00 next day Libra
- 05:00 – 06:43 next day Scorpio
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