Kathmandu panchang, 17 January 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 05:52 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 17:31- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:56 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta 07:38 – 08:21
- Rahu Kalam 09:35 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 14:52
- 08:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:31 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:31 to 06:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:33 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:19 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:27 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:33
- Karana Vishti until 11:31, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:31 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:33 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:38 – 08:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 10:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 14:52
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 17:31 – 20:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:56 – 00:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:56 – 08:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:15 – 09:35 | Good |
| Rog | 09:35 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:54 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Char | 12:13 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:11 – 17:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:31 – 19:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:11 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:13 – 01:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:54 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:35 – 05:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:49 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:49 Sagittarius
- 06:49 – 08:32 Capricorn
- 08:32 – 10:00 Aquarius
- 10:00 – 11:26 Pisces
- 11:26 – 13:02 Aries
- 13:02 – 14:59 Taurus
- 14:59 – 17:13 Gemini
- 17:13 – 19:32 Cancer
- 19:32 – 21:49 Leo
- 21:49 – 00:04 next day Virgo
- 00:04 – 02:23 next day Libra
- 02:23 – 04:41 next day Scorpio
- 04:41 – 06:45 next day Sagittarius
- 06:45 – 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