Kathmandu panchang, 26 January 2026
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 11:15 Magha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 17:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:14 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 10:55 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:29
- 09:26 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:48 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:38 to 06:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:34 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:33
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 12:48 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 09:26
- Karana Vishti until 10:32, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:26 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:48 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:34 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:29
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:53 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:54 – 15:53
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 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:54 – 08:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:14 – 09:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:35 – 10:55 | Good |
| Rog | 10:55 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:16 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 14:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:57 – 16:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:17 – 17:38 | Good |
| Char | 17:38 – 19:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:17 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:57 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:16 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:55 – 03:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:35 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:14 – 06:53 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
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:47 NowJupiter
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 06:14 Sagittarius
- 06:14 – 07:57 Capricorn
- 07:57 – 09:25 Aquarius
- 09:25 – 10:51 Pisces
- 10:51 – 12:27 Aries
- 12:27 – 14:23 Taurus
- 14:23 – 16:38 Gemini
- 16:38 – 18:57 Cancer
- 18:57 – 21:13 Leo
- 21:13 – 23:29 Virgo
- 23:29 – 01:47 next day Libra
- 01:47 – 04:05 next day Scorpio
- 04:05 – 06:10 next day Sagittarius
- 06:10 – 06:53 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