Kathmandu panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 05:00 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 17:30- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:15 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta 09:03 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam 10:54 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 14:51 – 16:11
- 09:37 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:30 to 06:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:21 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:37 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:37
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:27 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:21
- Karana Gara until 09:37, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:21 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:37 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:03 – 09:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:21 – 00:57 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. 05:09 – 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 17:30 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:56 – 08:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:15 – 09:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:35 – 10:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:54 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:13 – 13:32 | Good |
| Rog | 13:32 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Char | 16:11 – 17:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:30 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:11 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:51 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:13 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:54 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 05:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:15 – 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 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:53 Sagittarius
- 06:53 – 08:36 Capricorn
- 08:36 – 10:04 Aquarius
- 10:04 – 11:30 Pisces
- 11:30 – 13:06 Aries
- 13:06 – 15:02 Taurus
- 15:02 – 17:17 Gemini
- 17:17 – 19:36 Cancer
- 19:36 – 21:53 Leo
- 21:53 – 00:08 next day Virgo
- 00:08 – 02:27 next day Libra
- 02:27 – 04:45 next day Scorpio
- 04:45 – 06:49 next day Sagittarius
- 06:49 – 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