Kathmandu panchang, 4 January 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 18:25 Pausha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 17:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 14:44 – 16:02
- Durmuhurta 15:57 – 16:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:02 – 17:20
- 09:58 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:45 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:26 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:20 to 06:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:02 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:45
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:26 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 02:02 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:45, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:58 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:45 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:26 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:02 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:30 – 02:02 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:57 – 16:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:02 – 17:20
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:02 – 03:14 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. 05:07 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:26 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:56 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:14 – 09:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:32 – 10:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:50 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:26 – 14:44 | Good |
| Rog | 14:44 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:02 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:20 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:02 – 20:44 | Good |
| Char | 20:44 – 22:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:26 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:50 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:32 – 05:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:14 – 06:56 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
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:36 Scorpio
- 05:36 – 07:40 Sagittarius
- 07:40 – 09:23 Capricorn
- 09:23 – 10:52 Aquarius
- 10:52 – 12:17 Pisces
- 12:17 – 13:54 Aries
- 13:54 – 15:50 Taurus
- 15:50 – 18:04 Gemini
- 18:04 – 20:24 Cancer
- 20:24 – 22:40 Leo
- 22:40 – 00:55 next day Virgo
- 00:55 – 03:14 next day Libra
- 03:14 – 05:32 next day Scorpio
- 05:32 – 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