Kathmandu panchang, 20 January 2026
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 07:59 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 17:33- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:03 – 09:46
- Yamaganda 09:35 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:36
- Gulika Kalam 12:14 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 14:54 – 16:13
- 13:22 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:33 to 06:55 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:50 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:58 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 13:22 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 20:16
- Karana Balava until 14:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:22 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:16 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:50 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:03 – 09:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 10:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:16 – 19:13 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:22 – 06:55 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) 11:53 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:58 – 06:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:56 – 08:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:15 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Char | 09:35 – 10:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:55 – 12:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:14 – 13:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:34 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:54 – 16:13 | Good |
| Rog | 16:13 – 17:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:33 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:13 – 20:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:54 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:34 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:14 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:54 – 03:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:35 – 05:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:15 – 06:55 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 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSun
- 05:56 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 06:37 Sagittarius
- 06:37 – 08:20 Capricorn
- 08:20 – 09:49 Aquarius
- 09:49 – 11:15 Pisces
- 11:15 – 12:51 Aries
- 12:51 – 14:47 Taurus
- 14:47 – 17:01 Gemini
- 17:01 – 19:21 Cancer
- 19:21 – 21:37 Leo
- 21:37 – 23:52 Virgo
- 23:52 – 02:11 next day Libra
- 02:11 – 04:29 next day Scorpio
- 04:29 – 06:33 next day Sagittarius
- 06:33 – 06:55 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