Kathmandu panchang, 12 March 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 01:34 Phalguna month
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal · 27.70°, 85.32° · Asia/Kathmandu (UTC+05:45)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 18:09- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:17 – 07:46
- Gulika Kalam 09:15 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta 10:15 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam 13:42 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:47
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:42 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:09 to 06:16 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 06:44 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 00:58 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:13
- Karana Taitila until 17:42, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:17 – 07:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:13 – 10:46 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:15 – 11:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:47
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. 04:40 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:17 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:46 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:15 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Char | 10:44 – 12:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:13 – 13:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:42 – 15:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:11 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:40 – 18:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:09 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:40 – 21:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:11 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:42 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:13 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:44 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:14 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:45 – 06:16 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
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:00 Capricorn
- 05:00 – 06:28 Aquarius
- 06:28 – 07:54 Pisces
- 07:54 – 09:30 Aries
- 09:30 – 11:26 Taurus
- 11:26 – 13:41 Gemini
- 13:41 – 16:00 Cancer
- 16:00 – 18:17 Leo
- 18:17 – 20:32 Virgo
- 20:32 – 22:50 Libra
- 22:50 – 01:09 next day Scorpio
- 01:09 – 03:13 next day Sagittarius
- 03:13 – 04:56 next day Capricorn
- 04:56 – 06:16 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