Kathmandu panchang, 21 December 2025
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 07:57 Pausha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 17:12- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:37 – 15:54
- Durmuhurta 15:49 – 16:30
- Rahu Kalam 15:54 – 17:12
- 09:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:12 to 06:51 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:26
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 03:51 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 16:50
- Karana Bava until 09:26, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 22:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 15:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:49 – 16:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:54 – 17:12
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) 11:41 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:51 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:51 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:08 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:44 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:37 | Good |
| Rog | 14:37 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:54 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:12 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:54 – 20:37 | Good |
| Char | 20:37 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:44 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:09 – 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
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 05:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:31 Scorpio
- 06:31 – 08:35 Sagittarius
- 08:35 – 10:18 Capricorn
- 10:18 – 11:47 Aquarius
- 11:47 – 13:13 Pisces
- 13:13 – 14:49 Aries
- 14:49 – 16:45 Taurus
- 16:45 – 18:59 Gemini
- 18:59 – 21:19 Cancer
- 21:19 – 23:35 Leo
- 23:35 – 01:50 next day Virgo
- 01:50 – 04:09 next day Libra
- 04:09 – 06:27 next day Scorpio
- 06:27 – 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