Kathmandu panchang, 9 March 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 23:45 Phalguna month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 18:07- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:49 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 10:46 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:46
- 07:50 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 09:45 Moon enters Scorpio
- 10:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:26 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:07 to 06:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:42 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 23:42
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 16:26 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 07:50
- Karana Gara until 10:32, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:50 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 09:45 Moon enters Scorpio
- 10:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:26 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 23:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:42 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:46
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. 04:43 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:26 – 06:20 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:26 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:21 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:49 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:17 – 10:46 | Good |
| Rog | 10:46 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:14 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:11 – 16:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:39 – 18:07 | Good |
| Char | 18:07 – 19:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:39 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:10 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:13 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:45 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:48 – 06:20 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
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:11 Capricorn
- 05:11 – 06:40 Aquarius
- 06:40 – 08:06 Pisces
- 08:06 – 09:42 Aries
- 09:42 – 11:38 Taurus
- 11:38 – 13:52 Gemini
- 13:52 – 16:12 Cancer
- 16:12 – 18:28 Leo
- 18:28 – 20:44 Virgo
- 20:44 – 23:02 Libra
- 23:02 – 01:20 next day Scorpio
- 01:20 – 03:25 next day Sagittarius
- 03:25 – 05:08 next day Capricorn
- 05:08 – 06:20 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