Kathmandu panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 04:21 Margashirsha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 17:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:17
- 10:41 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:31 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:10 to 06:49 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:26 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:48 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:26 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:31
- Karana Gara until 13:31, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:41 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:31 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:26 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:17
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. 04:59 – 05:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:54
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:26 – 06:49 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:26 – 06:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:49 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Char | 14:35 – 15:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:52 – 17:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:10 – 18:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:52 – 20:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:35 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:49 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
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:47 Scorpio
- 06:47 – 08:51 Sagittarius
- 08:51 – 10:34 Capricorn
- 10:34 – 12:02 Aquarius
- 12:02 – 13:28 Pisces
- 13:28 – 15:04 Aries
- 15:04 – 17:00 Taurus
- 17:00 – 19:15 Gemini
- 19:15 – 21:34 Cancer
- 21:34 – 23:51 Leo
- 23:51 – 02:06 next day Virgo
- 02:06 – 04:25 next day Libra
- 04:25 – 06:43 next day Scorpio
- 06:43 – 06:49 next day Sagittarius
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