Kathmandu panchang, 18 December 2025
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 05:17 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:49 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam 09:24 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta 10:16 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta 14:25 – 15:06
- 15:20 Yoga becomes Shula
- 16:02 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:10 to 06:50 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 05:14 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:14 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 05:14 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 20:22 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:20
- Karana Vishti until 16:02, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:20 Yoga becomes Shula
- 16:02 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:22 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 05:14 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:14 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:49 – 08:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:16 – 10:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:25 – 15:06
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:20 – 17:20
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. 05:00 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:49 – 20:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:14 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:49 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:07 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:24 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Char | 10:42 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:35 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:53 – 17:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:10 – 18:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:53 – 20:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:35 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:18 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:42 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:25 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:07 – 06:50 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
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
- 05:49 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:43 Scorpio
- 06:43 – 08:47 Sagittarius
- 08:47 – 10:30 Capricorn
- 10:30 – 11:58 Aquarius
- 11:58 – 13:24 Pisces
- 13:24 – 15:00 Aries
- 15:00 – 16:56 Taurus
- 16:56 – 19:11 Gemini
- 19:11 – 21:30 Cancer
- 21:30 – 23:47 Leo
- 23:47 – 02:02 next day Virgo
- 02:02 – 04:21 next day Libra
- 04:21 – 06:39 next day Scorpio
- 06:39 – 06:50 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