Kathmandu panchang, 6 January 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 20:38 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 17:22- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:01 – 09:43
- Yamaganda 09:33 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:09 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:04
- 08:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:32 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:32 Moon enters Leo
Night
17:22 to 06:56 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:36 Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:17
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 12:32 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 20:36
- Karana Vishti until 08:17, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:32 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:32 Moon enters Leo
- 19:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:36 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:09 – 08:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:01 – 09:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:33 – 10:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:04
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 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:56 – 12:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:56 – 08:17
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:56 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:14 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Char | 09:33 – 10:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:51 – 12:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:09 – 13:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:27 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:04 | Good |
| Rog | 16:04 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:22 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:04 – 20:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:46 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:27 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:09 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:51 – 03:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:33 – 05:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:14 – 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
- 06:56 NowMars
- 07:48 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:41 NowSun
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSun
- 05:56 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 05:28 Scorpio
- 05:28 – 07:32 Sagittarius
- 07:32 – 09:15 Capricorn
- 09:15 – 10:44 Aquarius
- 10:44 – 12:10 Pisces
- 12:10 – 13:46 Aries
- 13:46 – 15:42 Taurus
- 15:42 – 17:56 Gemini
- 17:56 – 20:16 Cancer
- 20:16 – 22:32 Leo
- 22:32 – 00:47 next day Virgo
- 00:47 – 03:06 next day Libra
- 03:06 – 05:24 next day Scorpio
- 05:24 – 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