Kathmandu panchang, 16 February 2026
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 05:56 Magha month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 17:54- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:05 – 09:29
- Yamaganda 10:53 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:39
- 17:49 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:49 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:54 to 06:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:51 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 17:49
- Nakshatra Shravana until 21:03 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 02:05 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 17:49, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:49 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:49 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:51 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:39
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:05 – 13:24 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. 04:59 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:41 – 21:03
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:41 – 21:03
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:41 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:05 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:29 – 10:53 | Good |
| Rog | 10:53 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:17 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:06 – 16:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:30 – 17:54 | Good |
| Char | 17:54 – 19:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:30 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:17 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:53 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:29 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:04 – 06:40 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
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:34 Capricorn
- 06:34 – 08:02 Aquarius
- 08:02 – 09:28 Pisces
- 09:28 – 11:05 Aries
- 11:05 – 13:01 Taurus
- 13:01 – 15:15 Gemini
- 15:15 – 17:35 Cancer
- 17:35 – 19:51 Leo
- 19:51 – 22:06 Virgo
- 22:06 – 00:25 next day Libra
- 00:25 – 02:43 next day Scorpio
- 02:43 – 04:47 next day Sagittarius
- 04:47 – 06:30 next day Capricorn
- 06:30 – 06:40 next day Aquarius
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