Kathmandu panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 01:18 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 17:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:15 – 09:34
- Yamaganda 10:53 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:30 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:21
- 12:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:27 to 06:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:27 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 12:58
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:20 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:27
- Karana Gara until 12:58, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:27 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:21
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:27 – 20:27
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:35 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:26 – 04:44 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) 11:51 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:56 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:15 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:34 – 10:53 | Good |
| Rog | 10:53 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:12 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Char | 13:30 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:08 – 17:27 | Good |
| Char | 17:27 – 19:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:08 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:12 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:53 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:15 – 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
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:49 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)
- 05:08 – 07:09 Sagittarius
- 07:09 – 08:52 Capricorn
- 08:52 – 10:20 Aquarius
- 10:20 – 11:46 Pisces
- 11:46 – 13:22 Aries
- 13:22 – 15:18 Taurus
- 15:18 – 17:33 Gemini
- 17:33 – 19:52 Cancer
- 19:52 – 22:08 Leo
- 22:08 – 00:24 next day Virgo
- 00:24 – 02:42 next day Libra
- 02:42 – 05:01 next day Scorpio
- 05:01 – 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