Kathmandu panchang, 31 January 2026
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 16:01 Magha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 17:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:52 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta 07:35 – 08:18
- Rahu Kalam 09:34 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 13:38 – 14:59
- 08:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 08:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:48 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
17:42 to 06:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:16 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 06:08 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 06:08 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 08:41
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:49 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 13:48
- Karana Taitila until 08:41, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 08:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:48 Yoga becomes Priti
- 19:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:16 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 06:08 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 06:08 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:35 – 08:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:34 – 10:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 14:59
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:08 – 16:58 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. 05:06 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:42 – 20:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:52 – 01:49 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:41 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:13 – 09:34 | Good |
| Rog | 09:34 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:55 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Char | 12:17 – 13:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:38 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:21 – 17:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:42 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:21 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:59 – 22:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:38 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 01:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:55 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:34 – 05:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:12 – 06:51 next day | Good |
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
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 05:54 Sagittarius
- 05:54 – 07:37 Capricorn
- 07:37 – 09:05 Aquarius
- 09:05 – 10:31 Pisces
- 10:31 – 12:07 Aries
- 12:07 – 14:03 Taurus
- 14:03 – 16:18 Gemini
- 16:18 – 18:37 Cancer
- 18:37 – 20:54 Leo
- 20:54 – 23:09 Virgo
- 23:09 – 01:28 next day Libra
- 01:28 – 03:46 next day Scorpio
- 03:46 – 05:50 next day Sagittarius
- 05:50 – 06:51 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