Kathmandu panchang, 24 December 2025
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 09:58 Pausha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 17:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:10 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:20
- 07:22 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:13 to 06:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:26
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:22 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 16:17
- Karana Vishti until 13:26, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:22 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:26 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 20:01 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:20
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:17 – 17:29
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:22 – 06:53 next day
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. 05:03 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:13 – 19:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:52 – 07:22
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:52 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:10 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Char | 14:38 – 15:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:56 – 17:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:13 – 18:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:56 – 20:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:38 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:28 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:10 – 06:53 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
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:19 Scorpio
- 06:19 – 08:23 Sagittarius
- 08:23 – 10:06 Capricorn
- 10:06 – 11:35 Aquarius
- 11:35 – 13:01 Pisces
- 13:01 – 14:37 Aries
- 14:37 – 16:33 Taurus
- 16:33 – 18:47 Gemini
- 18:47 – 21:07 Cancer
- 21:07 – 23:23 Leo
- 23:23 – 01:38 next day Virgo
- 01:38 – 03:57 next day Libra
- 03:57 – 06:15 next day Scorpio
- 06:15 – 06:53 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