Kathmandu panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 08:33 Magha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:55 to 17:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:15 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 10:55 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:34
- 14:13 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 15:03 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:34 to 06:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:13 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 03:02 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 14:13 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 19:13
- Karana Taitila until 15:03, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:13 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 15:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:13 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:34
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:55 – 14:13
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:34 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:13 – 06:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:55 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:15 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:55 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:34 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:55 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 06:33 Sagittarius
- 06:33 – 08:16 Capricorn
- 08:16 – 09:45 Aquarius
- 09:45 – 11:11 Pisces
- 11:11 – 12:47 Aries
- 12:47 – 14:43 Taurus
- 14:43 – 16:57 Gemini
- 16:57 – 19:17 Cancer
- 19:17 – 21:33 Leo
- 21:33 – 23:48 Virgo
- 23:48 – 02:07 next day Libra
- 02:07 – 04:25 next day Scorpio
- 04:25 – 06:29 next day Sagittarius
- 06:29 – 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