Kathmandu panchang, 20 December 2025
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 07:07 Margashirsha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 17:11- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:50 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta 06:50 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta 07:32 – 08:13
- Rahu Kalam 09:25 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:36
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:28 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 16:32 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:11 to 06:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:28
- Nakshatra Mula until 01:36 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 16:32
- Karana Naga until 07:28, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:28 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 16:32 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:50 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:32 – 08:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:36
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. 05:01 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:55
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:50 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:08 – 09:25 | Good |
| Rog | 09:25 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:43 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:36 – 15:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:54 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:11 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:36 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:51 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
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:35 Scorpio
- 06:35 – 08:39 Sagittarius
- 08:39 – 10:22 Capricorn
- 10:22 – 11:50 Aquarius
- 11:50 – 13:16 Pisces
- 13:16 – 14:53 Aries
- 14:53 – 16:49 Taurus
- 16:49 – 19:03 Gemini
- 19:03 – 21:23 Cancer
- 21:23 – 23:39 Leo
- 23:39 – 01:54 next day Virgo
- 01:54 – 04:13 next day Libra
- 04:13 – 06:31 next day Scorpio
- 06:31 – 06:51 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