Kathmandu panchang, 28 January 2026
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 12:47 Magha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 17:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:14 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 10:55 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:37
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:51 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:40 to 06:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:09 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:32 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 16:51
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:42 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 00:09 next day
- Karana Gara until 16:51, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:09 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:32 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:37
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. 05:07 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:53 – 09:42
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:53 – 09:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:53 – 06:53 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:42 – 06:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:14 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:55 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:40 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:19 – 20:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:58 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:55 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 05:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:13 – 06:53 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
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:06 Sagittarius
- 06:06 – 07:49 Capricorn
- 07:49 – 09:17 Aquarius
- 09:17 – 10:43 Pisces
- 10:43 – 12:19 Aries
- 12:19 – 14:15 Taurus
- 14:15 – 16:30 Gemini
- 16:30 – 18:49 Cancer
- 18:49 – 21:06 Leo
- 21:06 – 23:21 Virgo
- 23:21 – 01:40 next day Libra
- 01:40 – 03:58 next day Scorpio
- 03:58 – 06:02 next day Sagittarius
- 06:02 – 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