Kathmandu panchang, 5 January 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 19:34 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 17:21- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:14 – 09:32
- Yamaganda 10:50 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 13:27 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:16
- 10:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:40 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
17:21 to 06:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:02 Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 10:12
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:40 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 23:02
- Karana Gara until 10:12, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:40 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 21:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:02 Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:16
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:09 – 08:17 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 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:56 – 13:40
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:56 – 08:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:14 – 09:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:32 – 10:50 | Good |
| Rog | 10:50 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Char | 13:27 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:03 – 17:21 | Good |
| Char | 17:21 – 19:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:03 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:27 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:51 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:32 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:14 – 06:56 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowJupiter
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:32 Scorpio
- 05:32 – 07:36 Sagittarius
- 07:36 – 09:19 Capricorn
- 09:19 – 10:48 Aquarius
- 10:48 – 12:14 Pisces
- 12:14 – 13:50 Aries
- 13:50 – 15:46 Taurus
- 15:46 – 18:00 Gemini
- 18:00 – 20:20 Cancer
- 20:20 – 22:36 Leo
- 22:36 – 00:51 next day Virgo
- 00:51 – 03:10 next day Libra
- 03:10 – 05:28 next day Scorpio
- 05:28 – 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