Kathmandu panchang, 21 February 2026
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 08:40 Phalguna month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 17:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:37 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 06:37 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:07
- 13:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:06 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:57 to 06:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:22 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:22 Moon enters Aries
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:16
- Nakshatra Revati until 19:22 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 16:06
- Karana Vishti until 13:16, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:06 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:22 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:22 Moon enters Aries
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:07 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:37 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:07
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:37 – 19:22
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:18 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:18 – 11:18
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. 04:55 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:37 – 19:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:37 – 13:16
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:37 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:52 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Char | 12:17 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:32 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:57 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:32 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:17 – 01:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:51 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:01 – 06:36 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
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:14 Capricorn
- 06:14 – 07:43 Aquarius
- 07:43 – 09:09 Pisces
- 09:09 – 10:45 Aries
- 10:45 – 12:41 Taurus
- 12:41 – 14:55 Gemini
- 14:55 – 17:15 Cancer
- 17:15 – 19:31 Leo
- 19:31 – 21:47 Virgo
- 21:47 – 00:05 next day Libra
- 00:05 – 02:23 next day Scorpio
- 02:23 – 04:27 next day Sagittarius
- 04:27 – 06:10 next day Capricorn
- 06:10 – 06:36 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