Kathmandu panchang, 15 January 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 04:06 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 17:29- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:56 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam 09:34 – 10:54
- Durmuhurta 10:27 – 11:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:32 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:22
- 07:22 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:29 to 06:56 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:53 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:02 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 20:32
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:02 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:53
- Karana Kaulava until 07:22, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:53 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:02 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 10:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:27 – 11:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:22
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. 05:09 – 06:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:56 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:15 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:34 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Char | 10:54 – 12:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:13 – 13:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:32 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:10 – 17:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:29 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:10 – 20:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:51 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:13 – 01:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:53 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:34 – 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
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:42 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)
- 05:09 – 06:57 Sagittarius
- 06:57 – 08:40 Capricorn
- 08:40 – 10:08 Aquarius
- 10:08 – 11:34 Pisces
- 11:34 – 13:10 Aries
- 13:10 – 15:06 Taurus
- 15:06 – 17:21 Gemini
- 17:21 – 19:40 Cancer
- 19:40 – 21:57 Leo
- 21:57 – 00:12 next day Virgo
- 00:12 – 02:31 next day Libra
- 02:31 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
- 04:49 – 06:53 next day Sagittarius
- 06:53 – 06:56 next day Capricorn
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