Kathmandu panchang, 2 January 2026
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 16:03 Pausha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:55 to 17:19- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:13 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta 09:00 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam 10:49 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:10
- Yamaganda 14:43 – 16:01
- 08:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:41 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:19 to 06:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:08 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 19:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:19 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 19:08
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:19 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 13:22
- Karana Gara until 08:53, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:41 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:08 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 19:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:19 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:00 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:01
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. 05:06 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 20:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:55 – 20:19
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:55 – 08:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:13 – 09:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:31 – 10:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:49 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:43 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Char | 16:01 – 17:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:19 – 19:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:01 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:43 – 22:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:25 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:49 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:31 – 05:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:13 – 06:56 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
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:48 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 05:44 Scorpio
- 05:44 – 07:48 Sagittarius
- 07:48 – 09:31 Capricorn
- 09:31 – 10:59 Aquarius
- 10:59 – 12:25 Pisces
- 12:25 – 14:01 Aries
- 14:01 – 15:57 Taurus
- 15:57 – 18:12 Gemini
- 18:12 – 20:31 Cancer
- 20:31 – 22:48 Leo
- 22:48 – 01:03 next day Virgo
- 01:03 – 03:22 next day Libra
- 03:22 – 05:40 next day Scorpio
- 05:40 – 06:56 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