Kathmandu panchang, 23 January 2026
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 09:35 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 17:35- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:15 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta 09:03 – 09:46
- Rahu Kalam 10:55 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 14:55 – 16:15
- 08:48 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 16:14 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:35 to 06:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:01 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 02:01 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:48 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 16:14
- Karana Bava until 14:25, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:48 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 16:14 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 02:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:01 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:03 – 09:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:15
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 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:48 – 06:54 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:01 – 06:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:55 – 08:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:15 – 09:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:35 – 10:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:55 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:15 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:55 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Char | 16:15 – 17:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:35 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:15 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:55 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:15 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:55 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:35 – 05:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:15 – 06:54 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 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
- 05:48 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 06:25 Sagittarius
- 06:25 – 08:08 Capricorn
- 08:08 – 09:37 Aquarius
- 09:37 – 11:03 Pisces
- 11:03 – 12:39 Aries
- 12:39 – 14:35 Taurus
- 14:35 – 16:49 Gemini
- 16:49 – 19:09 Cancer
- 19:09 – 21:25 Leo
- 21:25 – 23:41 Virgo
- 23:41 – 01:59 next day Libra
- 01:59 – 04:17 next day Scorpio
- 04:17 – 06:21 next day Sagittarius
- 06:21 – 06:54 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