Kathmandu panchang, 8 January 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 22:35 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 17:23- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:56 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam 09:33 – 10:51
- Durmuhurta 10:25 – 11:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:28 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:18
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:23 to 06:56 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:40 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:54 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:58 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 07:20 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 12:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:40
- Karana Gara until 18:58, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:40 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:54 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:33 – 10:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:25 – 11:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:18
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 12:39 – 06:56 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. 05:08 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 20:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:39 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:56 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:15 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:33 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Char | 10:51 – 12:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:10 – 13:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:28 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:05 – 17:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:23 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:05 – 20:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:28 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:52 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:33 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:15 – 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 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:39 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:39 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
- 05:49 NowSun
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 05:20 Scorpio
- 05:20 – 07:24 Sagittarius
- 07:24 – 09:07 Capricorn
- 09:07 – 10:36 Aquarius
- 10:36 – 12:02 Pisces
- 12:02 – 13:38 Aries
- 13:38 – 15:34 Taurus
- 15:34 – 17:48 Gemini
- 17:48 – 20:08 Cancer
- 20:08 – 22:24 Leo
- 22:24 – 00:40 next day Virgo
- 00:40 – 02:58 next day Libra
- 02:58 – 05:16 next day Scorpio
- 05:16 – 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