Kathmandu panchang, 19 January 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 07:21 Magha 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 17:32- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:15 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 10:54 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:25
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:32 to 06:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:00 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 02:29 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 12:07 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 21:00
- Karana Kimstughna until 14:06, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:25
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:56 – 13:49
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) 11:53 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:07 – 06:56 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:49 – 06:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:56 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:15 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:35 – 10:54 | Good |
| Rog | 10:54 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:14 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:13 – 17:32 | Good |
| Char | 17:32 – 19:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:13 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:53 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:14 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:54 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:35 – 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
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:42 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)
- 05:09 – 06:41 Sagittarius
- 06:41 – 08:24 Capricorn
- 08:24 – 09:53 Aquarius
- 09:53 – 11:18 Pisces
- 11:18 – 12:55 Aries
- 12:55 – 14:51 Taurus
- 14:51 – 17:05 Gemini
- 17:05 – 19:25 Cancer
- 19:25 – 21:41 Leo
- 21:41 – 23:56 Virgo
- 23:56 – 02:15 next day Libra
- 02:15 – 04:33 next day Scorpio
- 04:33 – 06:37 next day Sagittarius
- 06:37 – 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